Poor People Quotes

290 quotes by 206 authors

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can… — Charles Barkley
It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a… — Jello Biafra
Being Christian towards poor people means trying to improve their lives and give them back some self-respect. — Jo Brand
Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to… — Harry Browne
Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people. — Tony Campolo
I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. — Tony Campolo
Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless… — William J. Clinton
If we want to give poor people soap we must set out deliberately to give them luxuries. If we will not make them rich enough… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism. — Gijs de Vries
Without out suffering, our work would just be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not… — Mother Teresa
All that proves is that most of the world is too poor to build bowling alleys, golf courses, tennis courts and baseball fields. There's hundreds… — Mike Royko
Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts. — Daymond John
Recent research shows that many children who do not have enough to eat wind up with diminished capacity to understand and learn. Children don't have… — Carl Sagan
Some people think that poor people are lazy. Actually, it takes a lot of work to survive when you are dirt-poor. — Muhammad Yunus
We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact that we will… — Muhammad Yunus
"The life of the union depends upon more people getting to share the limelight, because with the limelight also comes responsibility and with the responsibility… — Cesar Chavez
It would help the poor people who need jobs. Minimum wage is a mandate. We're against mandates so why should we have it? It would… — Ron Paul
I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don't, who will? Not other poor people, that's for sure. — Charles Barkley
The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people — Eddie Murphy

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