Quote by Martin Luther

“Spend a small amount of money that gives big results in the village. Always respond to people’s needs.”

— Douglas Grindle

“In places where government priorities and market imperatives create a world so capricious that to help a neighbor is to risk your ability to…

— Katherine Boo

“People in the city are poor because they are oppressed, discriminated against and alienated; people in the country are poor because they're too stupid…

— Garret Keizer

“Because we live in a democracy, and the people can't govern themselves well if they don't know the truth about the world we live…

— Rosslyn Elliott

“I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out…

— Benjamin Franklin

“A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation.”

— Samuel Johnson

“Cities don't make people poor; they attract poor people. The flow of less advantaged people into cities from Rio to Rotterdam demonstrates urban strength,…

— Edward Glaeser

“You can't do much for the poor, as they are not in with the right people.”

— Will Cuppy

“A country cannot afford to ignore its poor and disadvantaged. Common humanity means that we should not.”

— John Farndon

“My Poverty doesn't help anyone, but my wealth helps a lot of people.”

— Dolf de Roos

“To fight the poverty, we must feel the poverty.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

— Jane Jacobs