“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?” InspirationalDoeWarPoliticalPoliticsNamesPeaceDifferencesLibertyDemocracyHolyDestructionMadAnti WarAntiwarHomelessTotalitarianismOrphanPeace WarDemocracies HaveGreat WarPeace And JusticeElection DayMake Peace Not WarJust WarVoting And DemocracyWar VeteranPolitics And WarWidows And OrphansPerpetual War Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“Be generous to the poor orphans and those in need. The man to whom our Lord has been liberal ought not to be stingy. We shall one day find in Heaven as much rest and joy as we ourselves have dispensed in this life.” MenNeedsHas BeensJoyHeavenPoorLordHe ManOughtOne DayThis LifeGenerousOur LordOrphanThose In NeedStingyWidows And Orphans Author:Ignatius of Loyola
“I borrow to pay my honest debts and not to squander foolishly. What's more, I confine my borrowing to those who can well afford it. I don't go around sponging on widows and orphans unless they have plenty.” WellsPayHonestDebtPlentyWidowsOrphanBorrowingWidows And Orphans Author:Will Cuppy
“When I went to Afghanistan in 2003, I walked into a war zone. Entire neighborhoods had been demolished. There were an overwhelming number of widows and orphans and people who had been physically and emotionally damaged; every 10-year-old kid on the street knew how to dismantle a Kalashnikov in under a minute. I would flip through math textbooks intended for third grade, fourth grade, and they would include word problems such as, "If you have 100 grenades and 20 mujahideen, how many grenades per mujahideen do you get?" War has infiltrated every facet of life.” PeopleIfsYearsWarProblemKidsNumbersStreetsMinutesThirdsMathGradesZoneNeighborhoodOverwhelmingAfghanistanFourthFlipWidowsOrphanTextbooksFacetsGrenadeThird GradeFourth GradeWar ZonesWidows And OrphansMujahideenKalashnikov Author:Khaled Hosseini
“I dont know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?” KnowsMeanLongLastsBeautifulLeavingBeautiful WomenOrphanBradWidows And Orphans Author:Michael Douglas
“There's no shortage of orphans in 19th-century literature, but it's hard to find a single happy, communicative, functional parental relationship in the whole of 'Great Expectations,' even among the minor characters.” HardWholeCharacterLiteratureCenturyExpectationsMinors19th CenturyOrphanShortageParentalGreat ExpectationsWidows And OrphansMinor Characters Author:David Nicholls
“The thief who is in prison is not necessarily more dishonest than his fellows at large, but mostly one who, through ignorance or stupidity [or racism or poverty! - Draffan] steals in a way that is not customary. He snatches a loaf from the baker's counter and is promptly run into gaol. Another man snatches bread from the table of hundreds of widows and orphans and similar credulous souls who do not know the ways of company promoters; and, as likely as not, he is run into Parliament.” KnowsMenWaySoulRunningCompanyPovertyIgnoranceRacismFellowsTablesPrisonStupidityStealingBreadThievesParliamentAnother ManWidowsOrphanBakersPromotersWidows And Orphans Author:George Bernard Shaw
“They call war an art, but it isn't. It largely consists in outwitting people, robbing widows and orphans, and inflicting suffering on the helpless for one's own ends - and that's not art: that's business.” PeopleArtWarEndsSufferingHelplessWidowsOrphanRobbingWidows And OrphansOutwitting Book:Lydia Bailey Source: Lydia Bailey
“Go back to the Bible, the Old Testament. I mean there were people who we would call intelectuals, there, they were called prophets, but they were basically intelectuals: they were people who were doing critical, geopolitical analysis, talking about the decisions of the king were going to lead to destruction; condemning inmorality, calling for justice for widows and orphans. What we would call dissident intelectuals. Were they nicely treated? No, they were driven into the desert, they were imprisoned, they were denounced. They were intelectuals who conformed.” PeopleMeanJusticeDecisionTalkingKingsCallingDestructionCriticalDrivenTreatedDesertAnalysisProphetTestamentOld TestamentWidowsOrphanCondemningDissidentsGeopoliticalWidows And Orphans Author:Noam Chomsky
“Religion by itself was not meant to be a divisive tool. All of our religious teachings have similar rules, such as a commitment to peace and nonviolence, and care for women and widows and orphans. What has destroyed a coming together is men's interpretation of religion.” MenCareTogetherReligiousTeachingCommitmentToolsDestroyedInterpretationMeant To BeNonviolenceWidowsOrphanComing TogetherWidows And OrphansWere Not Meant To Be Author:Leymah Gbowee
“Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.” HellCrimePersecutionWidowsOrphanWidows And Orphans Author:Imelda Marcos
“In times of war, you often hear leaders—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—saying, ‘God is on our side.’ But that isn’t true. In war, God is on the side of refugees, widows, and orphans.” WarChristianSidesLeaderRefugeeWidowsOrphanWidows And OrphansThree Cups Of Tea Author:Greg Mortenson
“The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves. You can talk about 'social justice' all you want. But what death taxes boil down to is letting politicians take money from widows and orphans to pay for goodies that they will hand out to others, in order to buy votes to get re-elected. That is not social justice or any other kind of justice.” WantKindHandsOrderSocialJusticePayLibertyRolesEconomicPoliticianTaxesDeserveEconomicsVoteSocial JusticeTyrannyWidowsOrphanDeserve YouWidows And Orphans Book:Controversial Essays Source: Controversial Essays
“I will work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to preserve the Social Security promise that provides secure retirement benefits for all, especially those who are most at risk such as widows, orphans, and people with disabilities when the need arises.” PeopleNeedsSocialSidesRiskSecurityPromiseBenefitsAriseSecurePreservesRetirementDisabilityColleaguesBoth SidesSocial SecurityWidowsOrphanAislePeople With DisabilitiesWidows And Orphans Author:Chaka Fattah
“If one accepts the 24th and 104th Psalms as scriptural norms, then surface mining and other forms of earth destruction are perversions. If we take the Gospels seriously, how can we not see industrial warfare - with its inevitable massacre of innocents - as a most shocking perversion? By the standard of all scriptures, neglect of the poor, of widows and orphans, of the sick, the homeless, the insane, is an abominable perversion.” IfsEarthFormPoorAcceptingStandardsDestructionSickSurfaceScriptureInsaneInevitableNeglectWarfareHomelessShockingNormWidowsOrphanPerversionMiningMassacresPsalmsWidows And Orphans Author:Wendell Berry
“Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so you can fit your head in the oven.” ChildrenMovingParentFitLonelyChristmasHolidayTurkeysOrphanSpoken WordOvensMoroseWidows And OrphansLonely Child Author:April Winchell
“The sponsors of war closely resemble the weapons they create. And smart bombs, depleted uranium, land mines, rockets and tanks, rather than protect 'widows and orphans and strangers at the gate', are designed precisely to create 'widows and orphans', to transform strangers into enemies and enemies into corpses.” WarEnemyLandMinesProtectWeaponsSmartStrangerBombsGatesCorpsesTanksRocketsWidowsOrphanDisarmamentSponsorsUraniumWidows And Orphans Author:Daniel Berrigan
“A person may rightfully be happy if in this life he could do a great favor for widows and orphans, could assist support than, and facilitate fate of people.” PeopleIfsMayPersonsSupportFateFavorsThis LifeWidowsOrphanFacilitateWidows And Orphans Author:Islom Karimov
“It is now possible to live a "christian life" without doing the things that Jesus commanded us to do. We have hired people to go into all the world, to visit those in prison, to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to care for widows and orphans. The average Christian doesn't have to do it.” PeopleWorldCareChristianJesusPrisonAverageMissionsHungryNakedChristian LifeMissionaryEvangelismWidowsOrphanWidows And Orphans Author:Cal Thomas
“Where would the Rockefellers be today if old John D. had gone on selling short-weight kerosene ... to widows and orphans instead of wisely deciding to mulct the whole country.” IfsCountryWholeTodayGoneWeightEntrepreneurSellingWidowsOrphanWidows And Orphans Author:S. J. Perelman
“Care for him who shall have borne the battle” CareBattleSpeechCivil WarMaliceAmerican Civil WarOrphanFirmnessInaugurationInauguralChristian HeritageInaugural AddressInaugural SpeechDebt Of GratitudeWidows And Orphans Author:Abraham Lincoln
“If only 7 percent of the 2 billion Christians in the world would care for a single orphan in distress, there would effectively be no more orphans. If everybody would be willing to simply do something to care for one of these precious treasures, I think we would be amazed by just how much we could change the world.” IfsThinkingWorldWould BeCareChristianWillingPercentBillionsTreasureChanging The WorldDistressAmazedOrphanWidows And Orphans Author:Steven Curtis Chapman