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The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

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He is poor indeed that can promise nothing. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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Poor men's reasons are not heard. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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I am a poor hater. ↗

— James A. Garfield

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In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important. ↗

— Bill Gates

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I believe in the law. I think we have a great system of justice. But I do think that system of justice has been corrupted by racism and classism. I think it's difficult for 'poor people' - poor white people, brown people - to be treated fairly before the law in the same way that upper-class people are. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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

— Henry Louis Gates

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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

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