Quotes:
"It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance."
- Simone Weil
"The needs of a human being are sacred. Their satisfaction cannot be subordinated either to reasons of state, or to any consideration of money, nationality, race, or color, or to the moral or other value attributed to the human being in question, or to any consideration whatsoever."
- Simone Weil
"A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval."
- Mark Twain
"The proverb warns; Don't bite the hand that feeds you. But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself."
- Thomas Szasz
"If you're in trouble, or hurt or need -- go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help -- the only ones."
- John Steinbeck
"To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole."
- Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza
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