“Don't forget that most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor.”
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
“I'd rather be poor to my bones than be rich with your money, that is like a trigger, ready to be pulled in my face.”
“I knew what it was like to be poor, and that once you had become rich, anything was better than being poor again.”
“I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.”
“As pathetic as it was, she'd rather hold on to the possibility of something perfect than be hit with the reality of nothing much.”