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Quote by Oscar Wilde

“Bazen yoksullar tutumlu oldukları için takdir edilirler. Ama yoksullara tutumlu olmayı öğütlemek hem gülünç hem aşağılayıcıdır. Bu, açlıktan ölmek üzere olan birine daha az yemeyi öğütlemeye benzer.”

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde, born on October 16, 1854, in Ireland, and died on November 30, 1900, was a renowned Irish writer, playwright, and poet. His works are known for their wit, satire, and unique style, with notable works including 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'Lady Windermere's Fan'. more

“Life Looks Lasting by Stewart Stafford Why should evening's last hues Get short shrift by rays of morn? Or contented looks of jaded age Be void by stung slits, newborn? The skull's opalescent orbs shut, A lifetime's sense memories kept, Amnesia's windfall revisited in spirit, In corridors of déjà vu, windswept. Though not the peeled eyes of youth Nor intoxicated with passionate ire, Scarcity unveils beauty in mundanity, Visions consumed by a funeral pyre. © 2026, Stewart Stafford. All rights reserved.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“However one approaches the problem of income distribution, one is confronted with substantially the same conclusion: fewer than twenty per cent of the people possess nearly everything while eighty per cent own practically nothing except chattels. Wealth itself has become monopolized.”

America Poverty Capitalism Wealth Inequality

Book:America's 60 Families

Source: America's 60 Families

“When the entire nation becomes a reservation, perhaps then we’ll understand the price of ignoring history’s lessons.”

Freedom Poverty Greed Prosperity Corruption Government Corruption Indian Reservations Corrupt Corporations

Book:Mother Earth vs Corporate Greed: The Betrayal of America's Traditional Farmers and Ranchers from Corrupt Government Programs and Corporate Greed

Source: Mother Earth vs Corporate Greed: The Betrayal of America's Traditional Farmers and Ranchers from Corrupt Government Programs and Corporate Greed

“Very poor children learn to beg, lie and steal from their parents – they would hardly survive otherwise. Prosperous parents tell their children that nobody should lie, steal or kill, and that idleness and gambling are vices. They then send them to schools where they suffer if they do not disguise their thoughts and feelings and are taught to admire killers and stealers like Achilles and Ulysses, William the Conqueror and Henry the Eighth. This prepares them for life in a land where rich people use acts of parliament to deprive the poor of homes and livelihoods, where unearned incomes are increased by stock-exchange gambling, where those who own most property work least and amuse themselves by hunting, horse-racing and leading their country into battle.”

Philosophy Politics Poverty Economy Society Hypocrisy Western Civilization Western Culture Wealth Gap

Book:Poor Things

Source: Poor Things

“We’re broken into submission, by grief and poverty, long before we ever set foot in this House. And then we arrive, on the promise of the first kindness many of us have received in years, and you take advantage of our weakness. You cultivate it, to better exploit us.”

Poverty Exploitation

Book:House of Hunger

Source: House of Hunger

“The engine of economic growth must be fueled by inclusivity and opportunity for all. Only a foolish society would accept the spread of poverty in exchange for growth.”

Quotes Opportunity Wealth Poverty Economic Growth Hendrith Permaculture Economics

Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“I have good news and bad news. The good news is we will all soon be billionaires. The bad news is that by the time that day comes, the dollar will be so devalued that your billions may not purchase your weekly groceries.”