“India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.”
Manmohan Singh
“Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. The small landowners are the most precious part of a state.”
Thomas Jefferson
“People are so used to TV sports that if you're not included, you're a poor country cousin.”
Paul Morrison
“Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has settled on large sections of the population.”
John Agyekum Kufuor
“It is unacceptable for a country with 20 million poor people to spend this kind of money. This is the most expensive voting process in the world.”
Miguel Angel Jimenez
“You're talking about poor people whose lives have been destroyed. I'm upset about Katrina. I'm upset that our country follows a conservative economic program that allows poor people to lose their safety net.”
Walter Mosley
“There are very few people advocating for the poor in this state or in the country. Poor people have no voice.”
Patricia Wright
