“There always seem to be very rich people, no matter how poor the country,” Thenoclon said.”
“It's always like a miracle. No matter how bad everything was on ordinary days, no matter how poor they seemed, on Yontev -- like on Shabbos -- they suddenly seemed rich.”
“It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.”
“Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.”
“A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts.”
“Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are a poor bunch of bastards”