Country Quote by Michael Thomas Ford

“When a Westerner meets someone from a poor country, he feels deep contempt. He assumes that the poor man's head must be full of…

— Orhan Pamuk

“The people down there are poor enough, and scared enough, and ignorant enough to have some common sense.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

“I hate my country. There are so many rich people who don't share their shit. They're like spoiled little ten-year-old bullies on the playground.…

— Sherman Alexie

“People who have trouble questioning their own country often have trouble admitting fault in themselves, both of which come from insecurity and lack of…

— Bryant McGill

“As we will show, poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty.”

— Daron Acemoğlu

“I know that human beings on the average are not worth much anywhere, but here they are much more good-for-nothing and irresponsible than elsewhere.”

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Many of those living in poverty in this country, in fact, would be considered quite wealthy by poor people in other countries.”

— Ben Carson

“Few things are more shameful than insolvency in a country where poverty is a moral failing.”

— Caite Dolan-Leach

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

— John Farndon

“What matters is not how affluent a country is but how unequal it is.”

— Tony Judt

“I find it amazing that people who talk so much about how great America is and what a great country we have, don't want…

— David Akadjian

“Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor we would know much of the…

— T. W. E Roche