Distress Quote by Thomas Malthus

The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.

— Voltaire

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.

— Evita Peron

Sometimes poverty is the greatest gift you can ever be given. Sometimes loss is the key that leads you to gain.

— Suze Orman

Poor people want to be poor; if they just worked harder they could have more.

— Anthony B Pinn

“Why are...poor people more ready to share their goods than rich people? The answer is easy: The poor have little to lose; the rich…

— Piero Gheddo

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

— Sholom Aleichem

Poverty is less a matter of income than of prospects. While the incomes of the poor have steadily risen through Great Society largesse, their…

— George Gilder

There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their…

— Aga Khan IV

Poverty is not just a sad accident, but it's also a result of the fact that some people make a lot of money off…

— Matthew Desmond

“Why is the presence of rich people such a powerful predictor of poor people’s life expectancy? One”

— Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

People who are less fortunate are the ones with the most possibilities in life the rich will cower in fear eventually by the ones…

— Ishtiyaq Khan

The gap between rich and poor is, in fact, widening enormously. This idea of building up the powers of people who are already powerful…

— Robert Wyatt