Poor Countries

Famous quotes containing the words poor and/or countries:

“A man’s labour is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilise it, to prevent its wasteful squandering, to enable the poor man to bank it up for use hereafter, this surely is one of the most urgent tasks before civilisation.”
—William Booth (1829–1912)

“Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)