Top Poor Quotes
I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
Pablo Picasso
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
Robin Williams
War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
Charles Barkley
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
David Friedman
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We might be on the brink of an apocalypse if, instead of poor people with suicide bombs killing middle class guys, middle-class people with suicide bombs started killing rich guys.
Bruce Sterling 
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Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.
Heraclitus 
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When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
Euripides 
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Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
Cesar Chavez 
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Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man of financial wealth who values himself by his financial net worth is poorer than a poor man who values himself by his intrinsic self worth.
Sydney Madwed 
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Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.
Edward Abbey 
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Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
Sam Levenson 
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