#poor people

I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#bank #bankers #fell #i #lend

I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#circumstances #ever #get #given #had

They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#because #cannot #explained #lend #me

Who is affected more when it's cold? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's hot? Poor people. Who is affected more when it's wet? Poor people. Who is most affected when the economy is bad? Poor people. Poor people are the most fragile. ↗

— Russel Honore

#bad #cold #economy #fragile #hot

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#football #golf #golf course #homeless #housing

I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#compassionate #conservatism #desire #faith #faith-based

Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents? ↗

— Carl Paladino

#bit #died #entitled #families #ground

I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs? ↗

— Rand Paul

#contribute #hate #i #jobs #just

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid. ↗

— Norm MacDonald

#clever people #i #i think #people #poor

A calling is you feel - you look out and see the need - maybe it's the need for the poor, to help poor people. Maybe it's the need to get involved in the race problem, as Martin Luther King was - felt called. ↗

— Billy Graham

#calling #feel #felt #get #help