Look at that sea, girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.
L.M. MontgomeryDo not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
George Bernard ShawIf a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
[Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]
Tags: liberty compassion rich wealth freedom society duty poor assistance development-aid moral-obligation social-security third-world
I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.
Charles BukowskiTags: rich madness poverty poor mental-illness
Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference - those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are black, who are older - know that survival is not an academic skill...For the master's tools will not dismantle the master's house. They will never allow us to bring about genuine change.
Audre LordeTags: women society different survival race racism differences poor rejection exclusion impoverished lesbians outcasts povetry social-acceptance survival-skills
The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don't listen to it, you will never know what justice is.
Howard ZinnThere’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.
Warren BuffettTags: politics rich economics inequality class-struggle class-warfare poor economics-money economics-greed occupy-wall-street the-one-percent
America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.
Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.
Tags: love america inequality poor disgrace
Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair.
Muhammad YunusTags: poverty business charity poor micro-credit social-business
I would suggest that a feminism which does not also seek to alter the exploitation of poorer women is not feminism at all, but is simply a varient for of upper-class politics
Jack D. ForbesTags: women feminism exploitation poor
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