Poor Law System

Famous quotes containing the words poor, law and/or system:

    “The poor man is he who, having much, craves for more.”
    —Marcus Minucius Felix (2nd or 3rd cen. A.D.)

    “I believe it was a good job,
    Despite this possible horror: that they might prefer the
    Preservation of their law in all its sick dignity and their knives
    To the continuation of their creed
    And their lives.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Loving feels lonely in a violent world,
    irrelevant to people burning like last year’s weed
    with bellies distended, with fish throats agape
    and flesh melting down to glue.
    We can no longer shut out the screaming
    That leaks through the ventilation system ...”
    —Marge Piercy (b. 1936)