Janet Poppendieck famous quotes
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Charity erodes the cultural prerequisites for a vigorous democracy.
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Charity is one of those remarkable words that helps to identify the fault lines of a culture.
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By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and the even more basic problem of inequality.
-- Janet Poppendieck
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Campaign may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinema verite.
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We want the full works of citizenship with no reservations. We will accept nothing less . . . This condition of freedom, equality, and democracy is not the gift of gods. It is the task of men, yes, men, brave men, honest men, determined men.
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Winning Democracy for the Negro is winning the war for Democracy
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I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it.
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We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy.
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Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.
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Actually I do support a charity, DefendersofWildLife.org. They help protect endangered species.
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When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.
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True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.
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A large heart can be filled with very little.
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