#poor people

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#america #contend #good #i #might

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#cure #get #give #god #him

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#help #hurt #need #ones #only

Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife! ↗

— Buddy Guy

#everyday #everyday life #everyone #get #having

They talked about me as if I were Mother Teresa, and that every time I get a paycheck I go and send it to poor people and that we spend every free moment helping out people less fortunate. That was an enormous exaggeration. ↗

— Wendie Malick

#enormous #every #every time #exaggeration #fortunate

Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education. ↗

— Angela Davis

#education #especially #found #higher #higher education

So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare. ↗

— David Dinkins

#away #bailed #did #giving #grant

To a billion people around the world surviving on just a dollar a day, the question of what to eat tonight is more about life and death than about recipes. The struggle of poor people around the globe weighs heavily on me, especially now that I am a mother, which is why I work with Oxfam. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#am #around #billion #day #death

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#authorities #belonged #men #morocco #people

One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That's the American ideal. Poor people don't like talking about poverty because even though they might live in the projects surrounded by other poor people and have, like, ten dollars in the bank, they don't like to think of themselves as poor. ↗

— Jay-Z

#american #bank #because #country #deep