“Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action, ... Calculate not just the human misery of the poor themselves. Calculate our loss: The aid, the lost opportunity to trade, the short-term consequences of the multiple conflicts; the long-term consequences on the attitude to the wealthy world of injustice and abject deprivation amongst the poor.” WorldHumansLongSelfActionOpportunityLostTermInterestLossPoorAttitudeConflictConsequenceTradeMiseryInjusticeAidsLong TermCollectivesMutualWealthyMultipleLinkedShort TermSelf InterestDeprivationNational InterestsCollective ActionLost OpportunityMutual Interest Author:Tony Blair
“On the Avenue in front of the White House were several hundred colored people, mostly women and children, weeping and wailing their loss. This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them, the hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else.” PeopleKnowsMenChildrenWarWholeHouseStrongLossWhitePoorGriefFateFrontsColdMetsHundredBraveCrowdsCivil WarHopelessAffectedWhite HouseWetDiminishWeepingAvenuesBrave ManBenefactorsWailing Author:Gideon Welles
“There the poor have another advantage ... for they may defy not only death, but every loss by sea or land, for they have nothing to lose.” MayLosesLossPoorPovertySeaLandAdvantageNothing To Lose Author:Elizabeth Inchbald
“My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.” BelieveHeartLostLossPoorHalfBrokenMy HeartTerribleBattleSoldierCompanionMelancholyBelieve In MeOld FriendsMy Heart Is Broken Author:Duke of Wellington
“The factors that have been holding farmers back are similar to those that threaten other types of growth in Africa. Infrastructure and transport are in many cases quite poor, resulting in the losses of huge amounts of produce.” Has BeensGrowthLossPoorCasesProduceHugeTypeAmountFactorsFarmersInfrastructureTransport Author:Richard Attias
“To us, from the beginning, Nature has been but a poor plastic thing, to be toyed with this way or that, as man happens to please his deity or not; to go to church or not; to say his prayers right or not; to travel on a Sunday or not.Was it possible for us in an instant to see Nature as she is-the flowing vestment of an unchanging reality?” MenWayHas BeensRealityHappensChurchPrayerLossPoorPleaseDisasterInstantSundayPlasticDeitiesUnchanging Book:The Story of an African Farm Source: The Story of an African Farm
“Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good song. But the poor fellow topped himself. He was a lovely bloke, I can still see him now. It was a terrible loss.” StillsI CanSongLossPoorGroupsTerribleFellowsVery GoodLovelyWithout YouGood WritersHamBlokes Author:Paul McCartney
“As the titanic losses were racking up, Fannie Mae's operators, Franklin Raines and Jamie Gorelick, disguised the catastrophe by orchestrating a $5 billion accounting fraud - all the while continuing to pressure banks to make absurd, politically correct loans and denouncing Republicans as enemies of the poor.” LossPoorEnemyRepublicanPressureBillionsAbsurdFraudContinuingCatastropheLoanAccountingFranklinPolitically CorrectJamieOperatorsMae Author:Ann Coulter
“Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you've changed your mind. Don't persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.” MindTurnsLossDecisionPoorMistakeLeaderCuttingChangedWillingOriginalsSuperiorsPersistYou've Changed Author:Brian Tracy
“Never invest in a company without understanding its finances. The biggest losses in stocks come from companies with poor balance sheets.” UnderstandingLossPoorCompanyBalanceFinanceSheetsBalance Sheets Book:Beating the Street Source: Beating the Street
“Bernie Sanders even reminded me of the way I felt at parties over the years. You go to a party, you don't know anybody, you sort of wander around. You hold a drink in your hand, you don't know what to do. This poor guy Bernie, he was at a loss with this group of people he didn't know.” PeopleKnowsWayYearsHandsGuyFeltLossPoorPartyGroupsDrinkWander Author:Chris Matthews
“No matter who you are, if you have a $30 operating loss, you can carry it forward to the next year. And poor people do take advantage of that, also.” PeopleIfsYearsMatterNextLossPoorAdvantageWho You ArePoor PeopleNext Year Author:Rudy Giuliani
“You can think of the Health Impact Fund as a mechanism that would keep the benefits and burdens of pharmaceutical innovation for the affluent roughly as they are while massively reducing the burdens presently imposed upon the poor. This sounds like magic. But it really works because the current system is not Pareto efficient. It's a system that generates hundreds of billions of dollars in litigation costs and deadweight losses that HIF-registered medicines would sidestep. By avoiding these losses, the HIF reform can bring improvements all around - including for pharmaceutical innovators.” ThinkingSoundLossPoorMagicCostBenefitsInnovationImpactDollarsMedicineIncludingCurrentsBurdenBillionsImprovementReformFundMechanismEfficientAvoidingWeight LossReducingInnovatorsAffluentPharmaceutical Author:Thomas Pogge
“The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and the like - if their income goes up.” IfsStatesLossPoorTaxesBenefitsRateVariousIncomeWelfareStampsHousingWelfare StateSubsidiesFood Stamps Author:Thomas Sowell
“An Irish Airman foresees his Death I Know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love, My country is Kiltartan Cross, My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor, No likely end could bring them loss Or leave them happier than before. Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public man, nor cheering crowds, A lonely impulse of delight Drove to this tumult in the clouds; I balanced all, brought all to mind, The years to come seemed waste of breath, A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life, this death.” KnowsMenYearsMindEndsCountryLawHateFightingLossPoorBehindsFateDutyBalanceWasteCrossesLonelyBreathsCloudsCrowdsDelightThis LifeImpulseCheerBalancedCountrymenTumultAirmen Author:William Butler Yeats
“Whether one is rich or poor, educated or illiterate, religious or nonbelieving, man or woman, black, white, or brown, we are all the same. Physically, emotionally, and mentally, we are all equal. We all share basic needs for food, shelter, safety, and love. We all aspire to happiness and we all shun suffering. Each of us has hopes, worries, fears, and dreams. Each of us wants the best for our family and loved ones. We all experience pain when we suffer loss and joy when we achieve what we seek. On this fundamental level, religion, ethnicity, culture, and language make no difference.” MenWantInspirationalNeedsDreamPainJoySufferingCultureLanguageBlackDifferencesReligiousLossWhitePoorLevelsWorryRichShareAchieveEqualAnd LoveSafetyFundamentalsEducatedBuddhistOur FamilyChanging The WorldBrownLoved OnesShelterAspireEthnicityHaving HopeIlliterateBlack WhiteBasic NeedsRich Or PoorWorry FearCulture And LanguageFears And Dreams Author:Dalai Lama