Poor People Quotes - Page 2

• I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Philosophy, Party, Believe

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• Crime is for poor people. You don't need to rob the bank if you own it.

  Josh Lieb

  People, Needs, Crime

  Josh Lieb (2009). “I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President”, p.23, Penguin

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• Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?

  Rand Paul

  Jobs, Hate, People

  "Rand Paul To Obama: 'Do You Hate Rich People Or Just Rich People Who Don't Contribute To Your Campaign?'". www.realclearpolitics.com. February 9, 2012.

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• You know the funny thing, I don't get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.

  Donald Trump

  Funny, Class, People

  "Exclusive: Donald Trump Would Spend $600 Million of His Own Money On Presidential Bid" by Ashleigh Banfield, Rich Mchugh and Suzan Clarke, abcnews.go.com. March 17, 2011.

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• Jesus refers to the poor over and over again. There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that call upon us to respond to the needs of the poor. And yet, I find that when Christians talked about values in this last election that was not on the agenda, that was not a concern. If you were to get the voter guide of the Christian Coalition, that does not rate. They talk more about tax cuts for people who are wealthy than they do about helping poor people who are in desperate straits.

  Tony Campolo

  Christian, Jesus, Cutting

  "Meet Evangelist Tony Campolo" by John Oliver Mason, progressive.org. August 5, 2005.

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• Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.

  T. Harv Eker

  Thinking, People, Rich

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• Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.

  T. Harv Eker

  People, Rich, Poor

  "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth". Book by T. Harv Eker, February 15, 2005.

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• Poor people put a low value on themselves and their efforts.

  Daymond John

  Good Life, People, Effort

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• Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty.

  William J. Clinton

  Country, People, Debt

  William J. Clinton (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999”, p.1631, Government Printing Office

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• A thought crossed his mind: How do you make poor people feel wealthy when wages are stagnant? You give them cheap loans.

  Michael Lewis

  People, Giving, Mind

  Michael Lewis (2015). “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)”, p.31, W. W. Norton & Company

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• There are no automatic links between poverty and terrorism. Among millions of poor people in the world, only a few turn to terrorism.

  Gijs de Vries

  People, World, Links

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

  Don Herold

  People, Satisfaction, Poverty

  Don Herold (1924). “So human”

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• When you love poor people THAT MUCH, when you love 'working people' THAT MUCH, that makes you the freest man/woman in the country." - Cornel West in explaining that Obama is A fulfillment of MLK's dream not THE fulfillment of MLK's dream

  Cornel West

  Dream, Country, Men

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• Beer, of course, is actually a depressant, but poor people will never stop hoping otherwise.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Beer, People, Hocus Pocus

  Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.193, Penguin

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

  Anthony B Pinn

  People, Poor

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.

  Al Sharpton

  Thinking, Color, People

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Civil rights leaders are involved in helping poor people. That's what I've been doing all my life.

  Andrew Young

  Life, Rights, People

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• When you start paying people to be poor, you wind up with an awful lot of poor people.

  Milton Friedman

  Wind, People, Awful

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• I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in.

  Sherman Alexie

  People, Poor, Conditions

  "Sherman Alexie: Don’t Call Me Warrior". Interview with Kiera Butler, www.motherjones.com. November 2009.

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• If poor people can vote, one of the main things they vote for is to redistribute money to themselves.

  Scott Aaronson

  People, Election, Vote

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• Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people.

  T. Harv Eker

  Successful, People, Rich

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• Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

  Rand Paul

  Country, Rich Countries, People

  "Rand Paul: Foreign Aid Goes From Poor People In Rich Countries To Rich People In Poor Countries". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 3, 2013.

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• Poor people choose to play the role of the victim.

  T. Harv Eker

  Inspirational, Play, People

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• I wanted to catch the problem of consumption, waste, poor people eating what we throw away, which is a big subject. But I didn't want to become a sociologue, an ethnographe, a serious thinker. I thought I should be free, even in a documentary which has a very serious subject.

  Agnes Varda

  People, Want, Serious Subjects

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2009.

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• Drug companies spend more on advertising and marketing than on research, more on research on lifestyle drugs than on life saving drugs, and almost nothing on diseases that affect developing countries only. This is not surprising. Poor people cannot afford drugs, and drug companies make investments that yield the highest returns.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  Country, Yield, People

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