Urban Poor

Famous quotes containing the words urban and/or poor:

“A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and and not by a but.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)

“Government exists to defend the weak and the poor and the injured party; the rich and the strong can better take care of themselves.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)