Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed. – Iqbal Quadir
In Paris, where I live, the inner neighborhoods are only available to the white elite. The poor and dispossessed are shuffled out to suburbs and never seen. – Janine di Giovanni
Laissez Faire was very good sauce for the goose, labor, but was very poor sauce for the gander, capital. – Benjamin Tucker
If you’re from a poor background, you have to work even harder. But that’s what makes you who you are. – Carol Vorderman
Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a poor position to fix them. – Atul Gawande
The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free. – The Bible Luke 4:18-19
Since the whole village was poor, we didn’t realize our own poverty. I was happy. – Bidzina Ivanishvili
We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering. – Bill Gates
With all the other -isms that we deal with, that sort of nameless -ism that we have in too many of our hearts against the poor in this country is what wounds us most broadly. – Benjamin Todd Jealous
There’s so many politicians who have given politics a pretty poor name… their actions have been demonstrated to be part of their over-enthusiasm to get reelected. – Andrew Forrest
Obama made his no-new-taxes pledge over and over again four years ago as he campaigned. Not only has he repeatedly and blatantly violated it, but his policies have relentlessly assaulted poor and middle-income family budgets. – Bob Beauprez
Even though Haitian women are considered the ‘poto mitan’ – the ‘central pillars’ of the family and their communities – they are often the most underserved members of already poor communities. – Christy Turlington
Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though. – Boris Spassky
Safety nets for the poor and disadvantaged are a must for any compassionate nation, but encouraging folks to go on the dole when not absolutely necessary is disgraceful. – Bill O’Reilly
There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once. – Beth Ditto