Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries

Quote by Douglas Casey

Topics: Poverty Quotes, Richness Quotes

Poor people entertain with the heart

Poor people entertain with the heart

The broad highway to poverty and need - Is, much to build and many mouths...

The broad highway to poverty and need - Is, much to build and many mouths...

Poverty is taking your children to the hospital and spending the whole day waiting with...

Poverty is taking your children to the hospital and spending the whole day waiting with...

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides

When you subsidise poverty and failure, you get more of both

When you subsidise poverty and failure, you get more of both

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make...

If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only...

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I...

Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I...

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I...

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society...

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society...

To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuffbox, is...

To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuffbox, is...

Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance

Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...