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“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
― Immanuel Kant

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt

“We fought a war on poverty, and poverty won”
― Ronald Reagan

“Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.”
― Muhammad Ali

“I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.”
― Wess Stafford

“When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.”
― Basil the Great

“They [Harvard academia] liked the poor, but didn't like the smell of the poor.”
― Chris Hedges

“The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability.”
― Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

“Poverty is a dish best served with Potato Soup.”
― Stanley Victor Paskavich

“As they were walking, a beggar came up, holding his hand out and crying, "Baksheesh! Baksheesh!"
Mike kept on going but Mitchell stopped. Digging into his pocket, he pulled out twenty paise and placed it in the beggar's dirty hand.
Mike said, "I used to give to beggars when I first came here. But then I realized, it's hopeless. It never stops."
"Jesus said you should give to whoever asks you," Mitchell said.
"Yeah, well," Mike said, "obviously Jesus was never in Calcutta.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

“Welcome to Hartford. The poorest city in the wealthiest state in the richest country on earth.”
― Susan Eaton, The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire