Bible Quote by Tony Campolo

When I think about where most of Scripture points me, it is toward defending the poor, and the immigrant, and the stranger, and the…

— Pete Buttigieg

The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor.

— Rigoberta Menchu

The more I read the Scriptures I find an overwhelming case of Scriptures being concerned with the poor, outcast, widow, foreigner and marginalized.

— Sho Baraka

The Bible has been the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed.

— Thomas Huxley

I firmly believe that our salvation depends on the poor.

— Dorothy Day

God sends us the poor to try us.... And he that refuses them a little out of the great deal that God has given…

— William Penn

In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God.

— Gustavo Gutiérrez

We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them.

— Pope Francis

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.

— Thomas Huxley

The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why we should take time to listen…

— Jean Vanier

“In the Gospel, there is a sentence that expresses the same ethical imperative in a more fascinating way: “Blessed are the poor in spirit:…

— Luigi Giussani

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as…

— Stephen Colbert