“Government programs aim at getting money for poor people. Our hope was that knowledge would in the long run be more useful, provide more money, and eventually strike at the system-causes of poverty. Government believes that poverty is just a lack of money. We felt, and continue to feel, that poverty is actually a lack of skill, and a lack of the self-esteem that comes with being able to take some part of one's life into one's own hands and work with others towards shared-call them social-goals.”
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Karl Hess
Karl Hess, born on May 25, 1923, was a renowned speechwriter from the United States. He had a significant influence in the fields of politics and liberalism, serving as a speechwriter for several politicians. Hess's career was marked by challenges and achievements, and his works deeply impacted American politics and society. more