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 If I give to the poor, they call me saint; if I ask why there are poor, they call me a communist.

 If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a Communist.
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 When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, they called me a communist.

 Jesus refers to the poor over and over again. There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that call upon us to respond to the needs of the poor. And yet, I find that when Christians talked about values in this last election that was not on the agenda, that was not a concern. If you were to get the voter guide of the Christian Coalition, that does not rate. They talk more about tax cuts for people who are wealthy than they do about helping poor people who are in desperate straits.

 When we were a poor communist country, Sweden viewed us as a charity case, a poor cousin. Now that we are a competitor, the gloves have come off.

 Among the world's leading hackers is Pex Mahoney Tufvesson. If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not a poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.
  Rainer Maria Rilke

 But I, not privileged to see a saint / Of old when such walked earth with crown and palm,/ If I call `saint' what saints call something else - / The saints must bear with me.
  Robert Browning

 Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.
  Albert Pike

 We need to play better on a lot of fronts, ... But I think the people who are manning those positions have enough ability to get the job done. We didn't get the job done. So, we did a poor job all the way around. We did a poor job on the field. We did a poor job in the classroom. I did a poor job upstairs.

 It highlighted the extreme circumstances that many of our communities live in - poor drinking water, poor health care, poor housing, poor schools, no recreational facilities, high unemployment.

 From where I was sitting, I thought the official blew the call. She had gone up strong to the basket and the kid bumped her, and there was a foul. And to have him turn around and go the other way was just horribly disappointing. I blame myself. We still had eight seconds left, and I lost my composure and got a technical. That's my fault. I just thought it was that poor of a call.

 Sure. Sure. He's okay. Aren't you, Cat? Poor old Cat. Poor slob. Poor slob without a name. I don't have the right to give him one. We don't belong to each other. We just took up one day. I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is, but I know what it's like. It's like Tiffany's.

 The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom ''charitable'' souls keep their distance, he has still said nothing. Or, rather, he has spoken through the voice of Victor Hugo, Zola, Richepin. At least, they said so. And these shameful impostures fed their authors. Cruel irony, the Poor Man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case.
  Albert Camus

 DISTANCE, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep.
  Ambrose Bierce

 To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.


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