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“China is now suffering from poverty, not from unequal distribution of wealth. Where there are inequalities of wealth, the methods of Marx can, of course, be used; a class war can be advocated to destroy the inequalities. But in China, where industry is not yet developed, Marx's class war and dictatorship of the proletariat are impracticable.”

War Used Suffering Courses Wealth Class Poverty Industry Method China Inequality Dictatorship Distribution Proletariat Distribution Of Wealth

Author:Sun Yat-sen

“Nature herself in times of great poverty or bad climatic conditions, as well as poor harvest, intervenes to restrict the increase of population of certain countries or races; this, to be sure, by a method as wise as it is ruthless.”

Wells Country Certain Poor Race Poverty Wise Conditions Increase Method Population Harvest Ruthless

Author:Thomas Malthus

“To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise.”

Seems Certain Poor Poverty Method

Book:Essays

Source: Essays

“The elimination of profit, whatever methods may be resorted to for its execution, must transform society into a senseless jumble. It would create poverty for all.”

May Poverty Method Profit Execution Elimination

Book:Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses

Source: Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses

“In other words: we can fight pollution and poverty at the same time, with the same method. We can beat global warming and the global recession at the same time, with the same method. We can do this by putting people to work re-powering America with clean energy.”

People America Fighting Energy Can Do Poverty Beats Method Clean Global Warming Pollution Recessions Clean Energy

Author:Van Jones