“[The water especially devastated the Ninth Ward, among the city's poorest and lowest lying areas.] Out West, there is a saying that water flows to money, ... But in New Orleans, water flows away from money. Those with resources who control where the drainage goes have always chosen to live on the high ground. So the people in the low areas were hardest hit.”
Craig Colten
“We Are the Poorest and Hungriest in all of Europe.”
Georgi Purvanov
“I'm definitely, besides the guys collecting cans, the poorest guy here.”
Herculez Gomez
“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter, the rain may enter -- but the King of England cannot enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!”
William Pitt the elder
“We had one of the poorest shooting nights of the season. We got down early and we were never able to bounce back. We made a little run at the end but there's only so much you can do.”
Frank Rossi
“The areas that get hardest hit are generally the poorest. Donald Harrison ? he's an alto player from there ? said most of the people who were left there just couldn't afford to leave.”
Kendrick Oliver
“They are the poorest folks ... and they are the ones who are going to be left with nothing. It's going to show up at homeless shelters this winter.”
Sheila Crowley
