Poorer Quotes

Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs. - Thomas Peterffy

Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom. - Nelson Mandela

When you send poorer people into the store for groceries, are they more likely to buy the lower-cost food that's pleasing to the child, or the healthier foods that are more expensive? - Dr. Jonathan Shenkin

We're used to this. The people that it really affects the most are the poorer folks that maybe are renting and might not have the means and transportation to get their possessions moved to higher ground in time. They lose everything. - Dave Roberts

We're only growing the system now. Unless we fix a few things, we'll probably continue to have poorer and poorer performances as the years go by. - Dean Headley

We're older, poorer, less well insured and more rural than much of the rest of the country. ... But our heritage is rural. We shouldn't have to give that up to have quality care. - Robert Walker

Well I failed to bring Roger to Flint. As we neared the end of the twentieth century, the rich were richer, the poor, poorer. And people everywhere now had a lot less lint, thanks to the lint rollers made in my hometown. It was truly the dawn of a new era. - Michael Moore

We set out to rebuild New Orleans how the people wanted. In the poorer, disenfranchised regions - like Algiers, and the seventh and ninth wards - literacy, food and medical care were already ongoing problems. We're trying to address all of those. - Sean White

We see children being less socially cooperative, less empathic, and having poorer academic work habits. - Jay Belsky