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“At stake are two different visions of faith, the Church of Caesar, powerful and rich; and the Church of Christ - loving, poor and spiritually rich.”
Penny Lernoux (1940–1989) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: People of God (1989).
“Poor man want to be rich Rich man want to be king And a king ain't satisfied Till he rules everything. I want to go out tonight I want to find out what I got.”
Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The poor don't really like that ticket. They are desperate to get away and join the rich, and have glossy hair, bright eyes and white teeth. The rich live longer and can afford to be charming.”
Tom Baker (born 1934) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe it was Charles Adams who described our upside down welfare state as ‘socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the poor.’ The great welfare scandal of the age concerns the dole we give rich people.”
William O. Douglas (1898–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have never seen economic deprivation. I was born in a rich family and brought up that way too. I have not seen a cash crunch. But, I firmly believe that whether you come from a traditionally rich family or poor family, what matters more for one's progress in politics is your sentiments for the people, your talent and a constant belief in your convictions.”
Amit Shah (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've been poor and I've been rich. Rich is better!”
Beatrice Kaufman (1895–1945) first seen 1937 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Leonard Lyons' column, The Washington Post, May 12, 1937. Quoted in the Yale Book of Quotations, and The Quote Verifier by Ralph Keyes.
“People who are rich want to be richer, but what's the difference? You can't take it with you. The toys get different, that's all. The rich guys buy a football team, the poor guys buy a football. It's all relative.”
Martina Navratilova (born 1956) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Martina (Alfred A. Knopf, 1985), p. 210.
“I no longer make recommendations; they are forwarded to me and I have to make the final decisions without hesitation. I cannot afford to procrastinate because decisions made in central banking have to be definitive since they affect the entire nation—the rich, the not-so rich, and the poor.”
Linah Mohohlo (1952–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When imperialism speeds up trade and services liberalization and globalization of investment, the rich countries become richer, and the gap between rich and poor countries widens.”
Lê Khả Phiêu (1931–2020) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in 2000, Globalization, Marginalization and Development (2002)
“Yes, footballers are very rich, but footballers work hard too. When you work hard in life, you are likely to be rich and if you are lazy, you would likely be poor”
Nwankwo Kanu (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of course they put communist propaganda in the movies! They paint a rich man as a fiend. They make every rich man in a play look like a fat boy in a museum, and every poor boy is made out as a skeleton. Actually, the only millionaires I've ever known were skinny dyspeptics—look at Rockefeller.”
Rupert Hughes (1872–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want to make Africans rich. If you make Africans rich, they’ll be less poor. That’s my development strategy.”
George Ayittey (1945–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poor and content is rich and rich enough.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Wrestling gave me fame, took me out of poverty and gave me a name. We didn’t have anything at home, but when I started making money, at least now we are not rich, but we are comfortable. We are now living in our own house, I bought a car for my dad, and I opened a shop for my mum.”
Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Negroes are not the only poor in the nation. There are nearly twice as many white poor as Negro, and therefore the struggle against poverty is not involved solely with color or racial discrimination but with elementary economic justice....”
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We should refuse to tolerate poverty as a social institution not because the poor are the salt of the earth, but because 'the poor in a lump are bad'.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) said by 1950 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.”
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) first seen 1903 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter One (17 February 1903) as translated by M. D. Herter Norton (1993)
“The mystery of the poor is this: That they are Jesus, and what you do for them you do for Him. It is the only way we have of knowing and believing in our love. The mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of and belief in love.”
Dorothy Day (1897–1980) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catholic Worker (April 1964)
“The reduction of poverty is the over-arching objective of the MDGs. Progress is not measured by national or global averages, but by how well the health of the poor improves. If we miss the poor, we miss the point. A health system that lacks commodities for managing high-mortality infectious diseases and the main killers of mothers and young children will not have an adequate impact.”
Margaret Chan (born 1947) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Exclusive Interview with WHO's Dr. Margaret Chan", April-May 2011.
“As soon as he did not work, the poor man, whose poverty had sufficed to create his title in the world of pious legend, who had been regarded as bearing a sacred character because he symbolized the great affliction of mankind, was no longer the good friend of Jesus Christ. There was thus a type of poor whom Jesus Christ did not recognize, any more than the police did.”
Bernard Groethuysen (1880–1946) said by 1946 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With its broad sweep, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us into an unprecedented national emergency. This emergency, however, results from a deeper and much longer term crisis — that of poverty and inequality, and of a society that ignores the needs of 140 million people who are poor or a $400 emergency away from being poor.”
William Barber II (born 1963) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Members of the 116th Congress, Poverty Amidst Pandemic: A Moral Response to COVID-19 (March 19, 2020), co-written with Liz Theoharis, Poor People's Campaig…
Also quoted by: Liz Theoharis
“Programs that reduce child poverty help even in years when poor or near-poor parents gain and, of course, are critical in bad times, since sooner or later booming job markets also bust.”
Rajan Menon (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poor people and poor communities are given a false choice between having, on the one hand, no jobs and no development and, on the other hand, risky low-paying jobs and pollution. In reality, unemployment and poverty are also hazardous to one's health. This jobs-versus-unemployment scenario is a form of economic blackmail.”
Robert D. Bullard (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is one of the cycle of poverty when families are poor, young children are more likely at an early age to look out to that boda boda rider who might buy her a pair of shoes, or that Hajji who might marry her and give her a house because she is living in a very poor environment with the family.”
Rachael Magoola (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Being poor shouldn’t hold you back either – when I talk to disadvantaged school kids about poverty, I tell them that the label of “poor” is a tactical assault of naming and shaming.”
Patricia Bath (1942–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Wealth is not from a lot of money. Wealth is the independence of the self.”
Muhammad (571–632) said by 632 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Passion motivates me because on my own, I am comfortable. If I were to rely on the wealth of my parents, I would lack nothing today. But I am willing to create my own wealth. With this, at the back of my mind, passion leads me. I hope to make money from what I am doing, so, I don’t have to rely on my parents.”
Beverly Naya wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I call money “national wealth” and this other “natural wealth.”
Vicki Robin (born 1945) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This Kind of Wealth Really Can Solve Our Problems Yesǃ Magazine (November 13, 2018)
“Yes, they’re fighting for it, but it’s not the amount of money that’s the big deal. They’re more concerned about the family drama and who’s doing this and who’s sleeping with who. Wealth is not something that they’re uncomfortable with or embarrassed by – you get to see different types of wealth.”
Deborah Ayorinde (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wag maging gahaman. Mayaman ka nga, marami ka namang kaaway. Hindi sukatan ang pera sa tunay na yaman. Baka mayaman ka nga sa mata ng iba, pero wala kang tunay na kaibigan. ("Do not be greedy. You may be rich, but you will have many enemies. Money is not the measure of true wealth. You may appear wealthy in the eyes of others, but you may have no real friends”.)”
Neri Naig (born 1985) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Neri Naig shares learnings as she turns 40: 'Yakapin ang mga challenges with kindness' GMA Integrated News, September 9, 2023 1:17pm
“We used to have a tax in this country called the Estate Tax, which was very popular, because it's a tax on very, very, very rich fucks who die. And people thought, "That's a good person to tax." And that is a good person to tax! Because rich fucks who die should give away their money, or else they give it to their ne'er-do-well kid who becomes Uday Hussein.”
Bill Maher (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Reducing the consumption flow by rich people taking all the money is fun (if you’re rich) … at least for a while. ...In ten years, a new consumer class must emerge to continue to the devouring trend of consumption. IF NOT, the top falls from its own weight. The top dogs of global economic market cannot munch their way through product consumption to keep the show going. The result … CRASH!”
Michael Scott Gallegos first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Blogging Blurts (Sep 11, 2014) quoting from "Dumb-bell or emerging middle?" Economist.com Blog (Sep 26, 2013)
“They do not get to just walk away from this. We will demand answers about where the money went. A lot of the Liberals got rich, really really rich, under Kathleen Wynne and off the backs of the taxpayers of Ontario.”
Doug Ford (born 1964) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attacking former Liberal Party leader and Premier Kathleen Wynne in a speech to the PC Party caucus (25 September 2018)
“The moon is hanging in the purple sky. The baby's sleeping while its mother sighs. Talking about the rich folks: rich folks have the same jokes and they park in basic places. The priest is preaching from a shallow grave. He counts his money then he paints you saved. Talking to the young folks: young folks share the same jokes but they'd meet in older places.”
Sixto Rodriguez (1942–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All the people were angry with Chief Birabee. They say he took money from all the people make rich man and now common salt have become rich man chop. Not nonsense be that? How Dukana man or woman go manage? If salt cost one shilling, how much cloth go cost? I met Duzia, Bom and Kole one”
Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are in great hopes about poor Lydia.- An honest and ingenious motherly woman in our neighbourhood has undertaken the perfect cure of her, and we have every reason to think, with God's blessing, she will succeed- which is a blessing we shall owe entirely to the comfort of being poor, for had we been rich, the doctors would have had the honor of killing her a twelvemonth ago.”
Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780) first seen 1775 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (from vol 1, letter 28: 4 Oct 1775, to Miss L___ ) [sadly, little Lydia Sancho died in 1776]
“In my philosophy everyone, including the poor, sick and aged, belongs to one family — God’s Family. God is at once poor and rich, sick and healthy, young and old, for He exists inside each and every individual. Here on earth we are all God’s children.”
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Very commonly substances are criminalized because they're associated with what's called the dangerous classes, you know, poor people, or working people.... Actually, the peak of marijuana use was as I said, in the seventies, but that was rich kids, so you don't throw them in jail. And then it got seriously criminalized, you know, you really throw people in jail for it, when it was poor people.”
Noam Chomsky (born 1928) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dialogue with trade unionists, February 2, 1999
“[For Winston Churchill], democracy is a state in which the people acquiesce in the rule of property. Democracy is an admirable institution so long as the poor continue to carry the rich on their backs. When the poor decide to change places, democracy falls into disrepute. That is why, whenever you scratch a Tory, you find a Fascist.”
Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tribune (13 July 1945), quoted in John Campbell, Nye Bevan and the Mirage of British Socialism (1987), p. 142
“It is right to be forward in the defence of the poor; no system that is not just as between rich and poor can hope to survive.”
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech in Edinburgh (24 November 1882), quoted in G. Cecil, The Life of Robert, Marquis of Salisbury, Volume III, p. 65
“Every Israelite has a duty to study whether he is poor or rich, whether healthy or suffering, whether young or very old and in failing strength, even if he is poor and supported by charity or begs from door to door.”
Maimonides (1135–1204) said by 1204 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Treatise 3: “The Study of the Torah,” Chapter 1, Section 8, H. Russell, trans. (1983), p. 51
“It will always pay a rich man to be liberal with the poor and make as little enemies as he can as he shall find if the poor is on his side he shall loose nothing by it.”
Ned Kelly (1854–1880) said by 1880 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sarah Daubray was opposed to the entire Huntsworld philosophy. She had said on several occasion that only they poor should kill each other, since the wealthy were too valuable to sacrifice. Louvaine, however, was a liberal; he believed anyone had the right to kill anyone else, rich or poor.”
Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The elderly woman's husband said, What is in his mind? He thinks because he was once a poor boy in a poor country and he became very rich with a beautiful wife, he thinks he can bend steel with his teeth.”
Grace Paley (1922–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice. The rich are always advising the poor; but the poor seldom return the compliment.”
Arthur Helps (1813–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The gods of all pagan faiths have been allied with the rich rulers. The priests of most religions are the employees of the landowners. But the God of Israel has always claimed to be with the poor—whether in the legislation of Deuteronomy, the words of the prophets, or the experiences of the New Testament. Our God is on the side of the poor.”
John Howard Yoder (1927–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poor and working people in this country are sent to kill poor and working people in other country to make the rich richer. Without racism, soldiers would realize that they have more in common with the Iraqi people than they do with the billionaires who send us to war.”
Michael Prysner (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The capitalist cheapens their wages; they compete with and underbid each other, for employed they must be on any terms. This war of the rich with the poor and the poor with one another, is the morality which political economy inculcates.”
George Fitzhugh (1806–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source