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Poor Quotes

A sure indicator of true religion is a concern for the poor of the earth.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Religion Earth True Poor Sure

America's vast population of working poor can only get so poor before even Walmart is out of reach.

Reach America Poor Out Population

For complicated historical and political reasons, we associate 'poor' in our public consciousness with 'black.' Terms such as 'welfare queen' and 'culture of poverty' became associated uniquely with the social maladies of African Americans in urban ghettos, despite the fact that poor whites outnumbered poor blacks.

Culture Queen Black Political Poor

If poverty and underdevelopment are primarily consequences of poor institutions, then by weakening those institutions or stunting their development, large aid flows do exactly the opposite of what they are intended to do.

Poverty Consequences Development Poor

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Nothing Poor Promise He Indeed

The poor don't live in functional market economies as the rest of us do, but in political economies where corruption and broken systems extend from local government to moneylenders.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Live Broken Government Rest Poor Us

Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.

Proud Rich Pride Will Poor Hunger

Once they are charged, too many poor New Yorkers find themselves trapped by our unjust bail system. Unable to pay for bail, they languish in Rikers Island or other jails while they await trial, regardless of guilt.

Eric Schneiderman

Guilt Find New Island Trapped Poor

Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should also be empathetic to individuals with alternative lifestyles who are well within their legal and human rights to demand access to surrogacy services.

Women Children Legal Poor Protect

God has always been hard on the poor.

Jean-Paul Marat

God Poor Hard Always Been

I was from this small town, and my parents were poor.

Parents Small Small Town Poor Town

In Canada, we just have rich and poor, but we don't constantly remind poor people about it.

People Rich Canada Poor Poor People

Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people.

People Poverty Poor Poor People Must

In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.

Live Daily Risks People End Poor

Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources.

Poor Resources Because Wasting

People who are much too sensitive to demand of cripples that they run races ask of the poor that they get up and act just like everyone else in the society.

Michael Harrington

People Society Run Poor Ask Up

A nation has its first obligation to its own workers and its own poor.

Poor First Nation Own Workers

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

Spirit Poor Blush Himself Part

I want to see somebody go to jail over the financial crisis and not just black, brown and poor whites over humbles and minor drug beefs.

Black Financial Go Want Jail Poor

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.

History Ideas Rich Think Poor About

You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.

Harold H. Greene

Legal You Go Poor Available Just

Class certainly loomed large in Katrina's aftermath. Blacks of means escaped the tragedy; blacks without them suffered and died. In reality, it is how race and class interact that made the situation for the poor so horrible on the Gulf Coast. The rigid caste system that punishes poor blacks and other minorities also targets poor whites.

Michael Eric Dyson

Reality Situation Tragedy Class Poor

One of society's thorniest problems is that children from poor families start school lagging badly behind their more affluent classmates in readiness.

Children School Society Start Poor

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

Power Poor Hot Lead Metal Bullets

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