“Business often does a good job supporting communities: the arts, universities, and scientific enterprises... But that philosophy has rarely reached poor countries. Even businesses that are enlightened in their home bases see Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia as places to exploit natural resources or use cheap labor.” DoeArtCountryPhilosophyUseHomeJobsAmericaCommunityNaturalPoorResourcesLaborBasesUniversityEnterpriseEnlightenedLatinAsiaGood JobExploitsLatin AmericaNatural ResourcesPoor CountriesCheap LaborHome Base Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“The Bishops of the Philippines have asked that this year be set aside as the ‘Year of the Poor.’ I hope that this prophetic summons will challenge everyone, at all levels of society, to reject every form of corruption which diverts resources from the poor, and to make concerted efforts to ensure the inclusion of every man and woman and child in the life of the community.” MenYearsChildrenFormCommunityChallengesPoorLevelsEffortMen And WomenResourcesCorruptionEvery ManRejectsInclusionBishopsPropheticPhilippines Author:Pope Francis
“For people who cannot get to church for various reasons, this is a great option. But it will always be a poor substitute for joining the faith community in person. Surely, the church experience is about more than a message. We are always better off together than flying solo. Godcasting is a supplement, not a substitute for weekly worship.” PeoplePersonsReasonTogetherCommunityChurchPoorWorshipMessagesVariousFlyingSubstitutesSoloBetter OffJoiningSupplementsFaith Community Author:Craig Detweiler
“In America, you are not required to offer food to the hungry or shelter the homeless. There is no ordinance forcing you to visit the lonely, or comfort the infirmed. No where in the Constitution does it say you have to provide clothing to the poor. In fact, one of the nicest things about living here in America, is that you really don't have to do anything for anybody. But when you do, you give meaning and provide soul to the concept of community...and develop a sense of purpose to something greater than one's self.” GivingDoeSoulSelfFactsAmericaPurposeCommunityPoorGreaterComfortOffersConceptsLonelyConstitutionHungryClothingsShelterHomelessOrdinances Author:Pope Paul VI
“Community is and must be inclusive. The great enemy of community is exclusivity. Groups that exclude others because they are poor or doubters or divorced or sinners or of some different race or nationality are not communities; they are cliques--actually defensive bastions against community.” DifferentCommunityPoorRaceEnemyGroupsSinnerDivorcedNationalityCliqueDoubtersDifferent RacesExclusivity Book:The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace Source: The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace
“Great military leaders have to sacrifice soldiers; great captains of industry have to sacrifice people. You can't only look after the poor, and the weak, and the disabled. You've got to do what's best for the community, and that often means sacrificing innocent people.” PeopleLooksMeanCommunityPoorLeaderSacrificeMilitaryIndustryWeakSoldierInnocentCaptainsDisabledGreat MilitaryMilitary LeaderCaptains Of Industry Author:David Nasaw
“Throughout the 1980s, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear enough about how to be a good member of a community, to define the common good and to repair the social contract. And we also found that while prosperity does not trickle down from the most powerful to the rest of us, all too often indifference and even intolerance do.” DoeEnoughFoundIndividualSocialCommunityWealthPoorPowerfulCommonPowerRichToo MuchMembersGainsGreedProsperitySelfishnessIndifferenceMost PowerfulContractsIntoleranceRich And PoorCommon GoodEthosSocial ContractTrickle DownSelfishness And Greed Author:Hillary Clinton
“The most poor and backward areas in the world are those in which women are subjugated and exploited. Improving the situation of the woman improves the family, the community, and by extension the whole country.” WorldCountryWholeCommunityPoorSituationAreasImprovingExtensions Author:Isabel Allende
“The president wants more tax money in Washington. I want more money left in the communities, particularly poor communities, particularly communities that have high unemployment.” WantLeftPresidentCommunityPoorTaxesMore MoneyUnemployment Author:Rand Paul
“Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, united and strong, comforted by our belonging to the Community of the Free Nations of our Planet.” StrongNationsCommunityPoorUnitedPlanetsProudBelongingOur PlanetPoorest Author:Mathieu Kerekou
“My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers came into our community to open up the public schools to black kids.” StillsKidsSchoolRememberParentBlackCommunityPoorLawyerShoreEasternRemember WhenPublic SchoolOur CommunityRural Communities Author:Bryan Stevenson
“In Community of Caring, we believe the quality of caring we give to our parents, to our brothers and sisters, to our families, to our friends and neighbors, and to the poor and the powerless endows a life, a community with respect, hope and happiness.” GivingBelieveParentCommunityPoorQualityBrotherCaringNeighborOur FamilyBrothers And SistersPowerless Author:Eunice Kennedy Shriver
“When we begin to understand the concept of Karma we will never ever blame God for anything that happens to us. We will realise that we are responsible for all that happens to us. As we sow, so shall we reap. Rich or poor, saint or sinner, miser or philanthropist, learned or illiterate ... This is the Universal Law that applies to individuals, to whole communities, societies, nations and races. As we sow, so shall we reap.” WholeHappensLawIndividualNationsCommunityPoorRaceRichConceptsUniversalResponsibleBlameSaintKarmaSinnerRealisingReapIlliterateMisersPhilanthropistRich Or PoorUniversal Laws Author:Dada Vaswani
“If we wanted a program to help the majority of the population, we'd offer loan guarantees to help poor people get access to reliable cars so that they could have a better shot at getting - and keeping - a well-paying job...A small amount of capital could make a much bigger difference in their lives than extra student loan relief for middle-class college kids would.” PeopleIfsWellsHelpingRealityKidsWantedJobsPoliticsCommunityDifferencesWorkPoorMoneyEducationClassPovertyMiddleCarPolicyStudentsCollegeAmountOffersShotsProgramBiggerMajorityStrategyPropertyPopulationAccessExtrasGuaranteesReliefMiddle ClassPoor PeopleLoanSmall AmountsHelp The PoorStudent LoanHelp Poor People Author:Megan McArdle
“What used to be racial segregation now mirrors itself in class segregation, this great sorting (has) taken place. It creates its own politics. There are some communities where not only do I not know poor people, I don't even know people who have trouble paying the bills at the end of the month. I just don't know those people. And so there's less sense of investment in those children.” PeopleKnowsChildrenEndsUsedPoliticsCommunityPoorClassTakenTroubleMonthsMirrorsBillsInvestmentUsed To BePoor PeopleSegregationSortingRacial Segregation Author:Barack Obama
“Poor communities, frequently communities of color but not exclusively, suffer disproportionately. If you look at where our industrialized facilities tend to be located, they're not in the upper middle class neighborhoods.” IfsLooksSufferingCommunityPoorClassMiddleColorEnvironmentalMiddle ClassNeighborhoodPollutionFacilityUpper Middle Class Author:Carol Browner
“There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt.” UsedCommunityPoorVolunteerEgyptGarbageCollectorsCairoHealth And Education Author:Jehane Noujaim
“If positive Christianity means love of one's neighbour, i.e. the tending of the sick, the clothing of the poor, the feeding of the hungry, the giving of drink to those who are thirsty, then it is we who are the more positive Christians. For in these spheres the community of the people of National Socialist Germany has accomplished a prodigious work.” PeopleIfsGivingMeanChristianCommunityPoorChristianityAtheismDrinkSickHungryGermanyAccomplishedSpheresClothingsSocialistFeedingNeighbourThirstyProdigiousMean Love Book:The Speeches of Adolf Hitler: April 1922-August 1939 Source: The Speeches of Adolf Hitler: April 1922-August 1939
“What you don't see on television is people dying today because they can't get to a doctor and they can't afford prescription drugs. That's why they are also dying. They are dying in Iraq because they are poor and they have gone into the military because they can't afford to go to college. They're dying because they're living in communities where asthma rates are extremely high because the air is filthy. The suffering of the poor and working class people is a virtual nonissue for the media. But that is the reality.” PeopleRealityTodaySufferingCommunityPoorClassGoneAirDyingMediaMilitaryTelevisionCollegeDrugDoctorsRateIraqWorking ClassPrescriptionsFilthyPrescription DrugsAsthmaPeople Dying Author:Bernie Sanders
“The Great Society went wrong for three major reasons. First, the self-organization the Johnson administration promoted turned out to be not the pooling of family and community resources into shops and businesses, but political pressure for government handouts. Second, the Great Society failed to anticipate the perverse side-effects of handing money out to people who have done nothing to earn it. Third, while the Great Society was showering money on the poor, the Supreme Court was with childlike glee smashing to bits traditional methods of maintaining law and order.” PeopleFirstsSelfReasonDoneGovernmentLawPoliticalOrderThreeBitsSidesCommunityPoorEffectsMajorsResourcesOrganizationThirdsPressureMethodCourtSupremeTraditionalAdministrationShopsSupreme CourtMaintainingJohnsonAnticipateChildlikeLaw And OrderGleeSide EffectsSmashingHandoutsGreat Society Author:David Frum
“So long as the great majority of the poor in any country are inert and are laboring without any hope in this world, the whole associated life of that community rests on an equivocal foundation. Its moral and social order is tied to an economic system which starves and mutilates the great majority of the population, and under such conditions its religion necessarily becomes a spiritual drug, administered for the purpose of subduing the popular discontent and relieving the popular misery.” WorldLongCountryWholeSpiritualPurposeOrderSocialCommunityPoorMoralEconomicConditionsThis WorldDrugFoundationMajorityMiseryPopulationTiedDiscontentEconomic SystemsSocial Order Author:Herbert Croly
“Community is woven from gifts, which is ultimately why poor people often have stronger communities than rich people. If you are financially independent, then you really don't depend on your neighbors for anything. You can just pay someone to do it.” PeopleIfsCommunityPoorPayRichDependsStrongerIndependentNeighborPoor PeopleRich PeopleWoven Author:Charles Eisenstein
“We are living in an historic moment. We are each called to take part in a great transformation. Our survival as a species is threatened by global warming, economic meltdown, and an ever-increasing gap between rich and poor. Yet these threats offer an opportunity to awaken as an interconnected and beloved community.” MomentsOpportunityCommunityPoorRichEconomicOffersSurvivalTransformationThreatSpeciesBelovedGlobal WarmingGapsThreatenedHistoricRich And PoorInterconnectedMeltdownsBeloved Community Author:Desmond Tutu