Words matter. These are the best Destitute Quotes from famous people such as Pat Buchanan, Ambrose Bierce, Thor Heyerdahl, John Dalberg-Acton, Christian de Duve, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
As the numbers of native-born Europeans begin to fall, with their anemic fertility rates, will the aging Europeans become more magnanimous toward destitute newcomers who do not speak the national language or assimilate into the national culture but consume its benefits?
Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
Vast areas are witness to the struggles of destitute populations trying to survive under unlivable conditions.
ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.
Time is no longer endless or the horizon destitute of hope.
I believe, as do most people, that we have an obligation to assist the truly destitute.
The cottage garden; most for use designed, Yet not of beauty destitute.
Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can’t get medical care or clean water.
Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.
If a commodity were in no way useful, – in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, – it would be destitute of exchangeable value, however scarce it might be, or whatever quantity of labour might be necessary to procure it.
I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.
Jesus was loyal to his apostles, with full knowledge of their cowardice. He was loyal to the poor, accepting the criticism of the Pharisees, so the destitute would never feel deserted. He was loyal to his father, accomplishing his will even unto death.
If I’d seen a grown man beating a crippled boy, of course I’d intervene. If my father died and left my mother destitute, it’s your instinct to take care of her. So when I started to think about it in those terms, it started to make sense to me.
