“Ev’n the sick and the poor deserve healthcare. Ev’n the sick and the poor deserve respect.”
“Jesus is the starving, the parched, the prisoner, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the dying. Jesus is the oppressed, the poor. To live with Jesus is to live with the poor. To live with the poor is to live with Jesus.”
“Weakness may excite tenderness, and gratify the arrogant pride of man; but the lordly caresses of a protector will not gratify a noble mind that pants for, and deserves to be respected. Fondness is a poor substitute for friendship.”
“It is better to be rich, happy and healthy, rather than poor, miserable and sick!”
“The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.”
“Every life deserves a certain amount of dignity, no matter how poor or damaged the shell that carries it.”