You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending
You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred.
It's more blessed to give than to receive - especially kittens.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
The best way to help the poor is not to become one of them
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.
The world's proverb is, "God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves;" but to our mind, it is just the rich who have most need of Heaven's help. Dives in scarlet is worse off than Lazarus in rags, unless Divine love shall uphold him.
It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people yourself is compassion. Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral, self-righteous, bullying laziness.
If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values. Because you don't!
The best way to help the poor is the provide them property rights.
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