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“Corporations may be ruthless at times, but rarely as ruthless as poverty is.”

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“It seems as if we can't go right, or do right, or be righted”

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“I took a job teaching private-school white teenagers how to edit video. They used their newly developed skills to make documentaries about poor brown people in other countries. It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame.”

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Book:War Dances

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“Messieurs, ce budget des abus que je viens de mettre sous vos yeux, cet argent que je viens de détailler, ces millions que je viens d'énumérer, ce monstrueux superflu des dépenses inutiles ou nuisibles, savez-vous ce que c'est ? C'est le nécessaire de plusieurs millions d'hommes ! C'est le sang des malheureux ! c'est le lit de ceux qui couchent sur la paille ! c'est le toit de ceux qui n'ont pas d'abri, c'est la chaussure de ceux qui vont pieds nus, c'est le vêtement de ceux qui sont en haillons, c'est l'air de ceux qui sont dans les caves, c'est le feu de ceux qui ont froid, c'est le pain de ceux qui ont faim, c'est la vie de ceux qui meurent !”

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“Even poor people in America had refrigerators, not to mention running water, flush toilets, and twenty-four-hour electricity, amenities that even some of the middle class did not have back home. Why, then, did I feel poor?”

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Book:The Sympathizer

Source: The Sympathizer

“People not only fall through the cracks, they live in the cracks as a full-time occupation. The view from the cracks is a lot clearer than the view from above. When you look down on people, they stop being people. But when you watch from below, you see how easy it is to fall.”

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Book:The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior

Source: The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior

“Another day is just a homelessness person's dream”

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“We tend to seek greatness in our thinking, thus excellence walk right past those solutions to our most pressing problems, those most relevant and most near. Like a man walking past a beggar, sure in his belief that he has no time. Vicinity of foundations are mighty important.”

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“There is no correlation between how many people or things, how much money, or how many problems you have … and how grateful, happy, or peaceful you can be.”

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“Education is a powerful weapon of war against poverty.”

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