#poor

Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#blacks #forth #low #politicians #poor

The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and dysfunction. We also need intervention to promulgate a middle-class ethic of success among the poor, while expanding opportunities for economic betterment. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#among #basis #betterment #between #black

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over. ↗

— Henry George

#labor #over #paid #poorly #world

This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of a wider gap between rich and poor is always accompanied by such a process. ↗

— Susan George

#always #between #class #erosion #gap

I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly. ↗

— Norman Lamm

#being #being prepared #critical #does #done

I loved every second of Catholic church. I loved the sickly sweet rotting-pomegranate smells of the incense. I loved the overwrought altar, the birdbath of holy water, the votive candles; I loved that there was a poor box, the stations of the cross rendered in stained glass on the windows. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#box #candles #catholic #catholic church #church

The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead. ↗

— Ann Landers

#dead #happy #married #poor #rich

In such a case, it would be almost sure of success, if the active members of a society established for that purpose, were inclined to meet the poor as men, as brethren, and as Christians. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

#almost #brethren #case #christians #established

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. ↗

— Emma Lazarus

#free #give #give me #huddled #masses

Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case. ↗

— Norman Lear

#always #case #did #good #good time