Best Poor People Thoughts
290 Poor People quotes by 201 unique authors
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There is no more compassionate and effective way to help poor people in New York City than to give to Robin Hood.
— Paul Tudor Jones
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Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has…
— John Kufuor
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Nature still obstinately refuses to co-operate by making the rich people innately superior to the poor people.
— Beatrice Webb
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I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than…
— Peter Matthiessen
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Jesus refers to the poor over and over again. There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that call upon us to respond to the needs of…
— Tony Campolo
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We who are rich are often demanding and difficult. We shut ourselves up in our apartments and may even use a watchdog to defend our…
— Jean Vanier
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I am from the poor people; I represent the poor people. I like workers. I like people that suffer because these people have a different…
— Roberto Clemente
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Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having…
— Buddy Guy
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Sure must be a great consolation to the poor people who lost their stock in the late crash to know that it has fallen in…
— Will Rogers
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John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land in…
— Richard Corliss
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Income inequality has no necessary connection with poverty, the lack of material resources for a decent life, such as adequate food, shelter, and clothing. A…
— Robert Higgs
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The violence that we had in the 60's was limited. The next time it will be unlimited because the violence in the 60's was a…
— Robert F. Williams
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Rich people use debt to leverage investments and grow cash flows. Poor people use debt to buy things that make rich people richer.
— Grant Cardone
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For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people…
— Barney Frank
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I believe in the law. I think we have a great system of justice. But I do think that system of justice has been corrupted…
— Henry Louis Gates
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You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal…
— Haile Gebrselassie
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I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organizations such as the World Trade Organization, the…
— Bob Geldof
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I will continue to find ways to help poor people find a job, get a job, and learn someday to own the job.
— Newt Gingrich
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A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to help poor people.…
— Billy Graham
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Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
— Angela Davis
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To a billion people around the world surviving on just a dollar a day, the question of what to eat tonight is more about life…
— Giada De Laurentiis
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Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.
— Paul Harvey
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Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.
— Don Herold
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Who is affected more when it's cold? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's hot? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's wet?…
— Russel Honore
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or…
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
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