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“The child--a skilled actor with a hundred masks: a different one for his mother, father, grandmother or grandfather, for a stern or lenient teacher, for the cook or maid, for his own friends, for the rich and poor. Naive and cunning, humble and haughty, gentle and vengeful, well behaved and willful, he disguises himself so well that he can lead us by the nose.”

“The rich and powerful want to believe in their right to be rich and powerful, so they justify it by saying they are inherently superior to the poor and lowly.”

Want Believe Poor Powerful Rich Superiors Justify Rich And Poor

Book:Tomorrow Is Forever: A Novel

Source: Tomorrow Is Forever: A Novel

“The unequal distribution of food is one of the world's most tragic facts. Millions of people die because they have too little to eat, and many die because they have too much.”

People World Littles Facts Dies Poor Millions Rich Too Much Hunger Tragic Distribution Rich And Poor

Author:Laura Huxley

“Wealth covers sin - the poor / Are naked as a pin.”

Wealth Sin Poor Rich Naked Pins Rich And Poor

Author:Kassia

“Has it ever occurred to you, that the rich are at the mercy of the poor, not the poor at that of the rich? Who permits us to be rich if not the poor?”

Ifs Poor Rich Mercy Permit Rich And Poor

Author:Gertrude Atherton

“I thought of what might be, if only the people who have too much money would help those who have too little!”

People Ifs Littles Helping Might Poor Rich Too Much Rich And Poor

Author:Ellen Buckingham Mathews

“The unfortunate have claims upon the hearts of those whom God has blessed with affluence.”

Heart Poor Rich Claims Blessed Unfortunate Rich And Poor Affluence

Author:Eliza Parsons

“Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are - rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call global challenges, which require global solidarity.”

Doe Bigs Challenges Poor Rich Who You Are Climate Climate Change Borders Solidarity Rich And Poor

Author:Ban Ki-moon

“I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with many wonderful people from many walks of life. I have known rich and poor, famous and modest, wise and otherwise.”

People Opportunity Walks Poor Known Rich Wise Wonderful Modest Rich And Poor Walks Of Life

Author:Joseph B. Wirthlin

“The result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather than for the development of the less developed parts of the world. Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.”

World Country Used Poor Results Rich Development Increase Investment Gaps Colonialism Exploitation Rich And Poor Decrease Poor Countries Countries Of The World

Book:Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism

Source: Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism

“I think the gap between rich and poor is an extremely dangerous phenomenon and needs the immediate attention of the state.”

Thinking Needs States Poor Attention Rich Dangerous Phenomenon Gaps Rich And Poor

Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“And yet the world we live in-its divisions and conflicts, its widening gap between rich and poor, its seemingly inexplicable outbursts of violence-is shaped far less by what we celebrate and mythologize than by the painful events we try to forget. Leopold's Congo is but one of those silences of history.”

World Trying Forget Poor Silence Rich Violence Events Conflict Painful Celebrate Division Gaps Congo Rich And Poor Inexplicable Outburst

Book:King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa

Source: King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa

“The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.”

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Author:Natasha Leggero

“For what you call the Law is but a club of the rich over the lowest of men, sanctifying the conquest of the earth by a few and making their theft the way of things. But over and above these pitiful statutes of yours that enclose the common land and reduce us to poverty to make you fat stands the Law of Creation, which renders judgement on rich and poor alike, making them one. For freedom is the man who will thus turn the world upside down, therefore no wonder he has enemies”

“The gap between rich and poor is, in fact, widening enormously. This idea of building up the powers of people who are already powerful and keeping everyone else back is a recipe for endless misery and conflict.”

People Ideas Facts Poor Powerful Rich Building Conflict Misery Endless Gaps Recipes Rich And Poor Building Up

Author:Robert Wyatt

“Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and poor, in all cities and towns, villages and hamlets, should be sent to school”

Should Children School Girl Poor Powerful Cities Boys Rich Towns Noble Village Rich And Poor Boy And Girl Ignoble Active Minds Cities And Towns

Author:John Amos Comenius

“For those who have lived on the edge of poverty all their lives, the semblance of poverty affected by the affluent is both incomprehensible and insulting.”

Poor Poverty Rich Edges Affected Insulting Rich And Poor Affluent Semblance

Author:Lillian B. Rubin

“between prosperity and adversity there can be little real fellowship.”

Littles Real Poor Rich Adversity Prosperity Fellowship Rich And Poor

Author:Amelia B. Edwards

“I am a citizen of a country that has just undergone a thieved election, a country deeply and dangerously divided between rich and poor, but also between rich and middle class. What I believe in and what my government represents are not the same thing.”

Believe Country Government I Believe Poor Class Rich Middle Citizens Election I Believe In Middle Class Divided Rich And Poor

Author:Adrienne Rich

“In every society where property exists there will ever be a struggle between rich and poor. Mixed in one assembly, equal laws can never be expected; they will either be made by the member to plunder the few who are rich, or by the influence to fleece the many who are poor.”

Made Law Poor Struggle Rich Influence Equal Members Property Expected Assembly Rich And Poor Plunder Fleece

Book:The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections

Source: The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections

“This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of a wider gap between rich and poor is always accompanied by such a process.”

Process Poor Class Rich Middle Happenings Opening Middle Class Gaps Rich And Poor Erosion

Author:Susan George

“The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast.”

Poor Rich Unions Gaps Rich And Poor Labor Union

Author:Richard Rogers

“Suppose a nation, rich and poor, high and low, ten millions in number, all assembled together; not more than one or two millions will have lands, houses, or any personal property; if we take into the account the women and children, or even if we leave them out of the question, a great majority of every nation is wholly destitute of property, except a small quantity of clothes, and a few trifles of other movables.”

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

“If I was a Marxist I'd call it the crisis of capitalism. Even though I'm not a Marxist, that seems like a not unreasonable term for the widening gap between the rich and poor that we're seeing.”

Ifs Seems Term Poor Rich Seeing Capitalism Crisis Gaps Rich And Poor Unreasonable Marxist

Author:Charles Stross

“Failure is part of the process of success.”

Process Poor Rich And Poor Failure In Life Rich Poor Rich Money

Book:Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Source: Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

“The power of capitalism to mediate the gap between rich and poor is pretty incredible. Indeed, I think, year by year, the gap gets less.”

Thinking Years Poor Rich Capitalism Incredibles Gaps Rich And Poor

Author:Bill Gates

“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.”

“We have very stable mechanisms of conflict resolution in terms of labor relations, we have a very good transportation infrastructure, we provide our children with an excellent education and the gap between rich and poor in Germany is relatively narrow. On the other hand, we have trouble accepting change.”

“Be careful when you take on debt. If you take on debt personally, make sure it is small. If you take on large debt, make sure someone else is paying for it.”

Ifs Careful Debt Be Careful Rich And Poor Rich Money

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“The law in its majesty prohibits rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges.”

Law Sleep Poor Rich Bridges Majesty Rich And Poor

Author:Anatole France

“What is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.”

Matter Rich Rich And Poor Uselessness Rich Poor Riches And Poors

Book:George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion

“Victims of the violence are black and white, rich and poor, young and old, famous and unknown. They are most important of all, human beings whom other human beings loved and needed.”

Humans Important Young Black Human Beings White Poor Rich Violence Needed Victim Black And White Rich And Poor Being Loved Young And Old

Book:Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

Source: Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy

“...there are two (inter alia) two ways of ruining a society - namely, letting the market "be the sole director of the fate of human beings," and allowing technology to permeate every aspect of our lives. In the United States, both of these developments have converged, creating a huge chasm between rich and poor and pushing us over the edge into a kind of antisociety... While these developments have been widely hailed as the dawn of a golden age, the likelihood is that they actually amount to a death knell, the beginning of the end of the American empire.”

“The wealthy class often looks down on the poor as "those people." And deprived people view the rich as cold and heartless. The way to break down the barrier between the rich and poor is to asociate with each other and to help one another. Make a connection. If you can break down the barrier, it may pave the way to recovery for some person, a family, maybe an entire community.”

People Ifs Way Looks May Persons Helping Community Poor Views Class Break Rich Cold Connections Recovery Barriers Wealthy Breaking Down Deprived Rich And Poor Heartless

Book:God In My Corner: A Spiritual Memoir

Source: God In My Corner: A Spiritual Memoir

“Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and poor, in all cities and towns, villages and hamlets, should be sent to school. Education is indeed necessary for all, and this is evident if we consider the different degrees of ability. No one doubts that those who are stupid need instruction, that they may shake off their natural dullness. But in reality those who are clever need it far more, since an active mind, if not occupied with useful things, will busy itself with what is useless, curious, and pernicious.”

“Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat. Quite a lot of the differences that make us rich and poor are matters just of luck. To somehow revel in ones privilege would be a mistake. An even bigger mistake would be trying to convert that into a theory that the rich are so much more productive than many of us.”

Trying Art Matter Would Be Culture Grows Differences Poor Mistake Rich Theory Bigger Luck Privilege Dependent Productive Farmers Rich And Poor Art And Culture

Author:Amartya Sen

“Sometimes you hear in the United States that in Columbia there is a war between rich and poor, between people that are defending the poor and the rich.”

People War Sometimes States Poor United United States Rich Rich And Poor Columbia

Author:Ingrid Betancourt

“Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women.”

Would Be Mother Inspiring Poor Rich Enormous Criticize Gaps Mothers Day Rich And Poor Refrain Kinder Helpers Criticizing Others

Author:Erica Jong

“That is the power of the Eucharist. At the communion table you have rich and poor together in the early church and they were being challenged.”

Together Church Poor Rich Tables Communion Rich And Poor Eucharist

Author:Shane Claiborne

“We don't actually have rich and poor together instead we have a family. What does it mean? If you have resources, you hold them with open hands. The mark of the early church was that they began sharing and it said there were no needy persons among them. They ended poverty as they created this new loving community.”

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Author:Shane Claiborne

“That divide between the rich and poor is so crazy, because even white kids are suffering now.”

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Author:M.I.A.

“There is a considerable polarization taking place here, increasing the gap between rich and poor. It's most dramatic in Third World countries, of course, but in the rich countries it's also very noticeable.”

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Author:Noam Chomsky

“In future we'll have a different type of rich and poor.”

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Author:will.i.am

“That difference between the rich and poor is growing every month.”

Differences Poor Rich Growing Months Rich And Poor

Author:Jimmy Carter

“[John] Adams's perception of Europe, and especially France, was clearly different than [Tomas] Jefferson's. For Jefferson, the luxury and sophistication of Europe only made American simplicity and virtue appear dearer. For Adams, by contrast, Europe represented what America was fast becoming - a society consumed by luxury and vice and fundamentally riven by a struggle between rich and poor, gentlemen and commoners.”

“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.”

“In Guatemala, the gap between rich and poor must be eliminated, or we will continue to be the example of conflict in America.”

America Poor Rich Example Conflict Gaps Rich And Poor Guatemala

Author:Rigoberta Menchu

“The growing gap between rich and poor, the seeming lack of concern for the health and well-being of ordinary people, the obscene salaries made by CEOs who are increasing profits by moving their plants to places where labor is cheap - that's where the problem is, not in schools, colleges and universities.”

People Problem School Moving Poor Rich College Concern Labor Plant Ceo Ordinary People Rich And Poor Obscene

Author:Joan Wallach Scott

“In other countries, rich and poor, education remains substantially free, with educational standards that rank high in global comparisons. Even in the US, higher education was almost free during the economically successful years before the neoliberal reaction - and it was a much poorer country then. The GI bill provided free education to huge numbers of people - white men overwhelmingly - who would probably never have gone to college, a great benefit to them personally and to the whole society. Tuition at private colleges was far below today's exorbitant costs.”

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Author:Noam Chomsky

“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.”