Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

Gerald Brenan

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Topic

Money The poor Poverty

Author

Gerald Brenan

Source

Thoughts in a Dry Season

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Malta Europe

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Citation

Brenan, Gerald. Thoughts in a Dry Season: A Miscellany. Cambridge University Press, 1978.

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Under the First Amendment there is no such thing as a false idea. However pernicious an opinion may seem, we depend for its correction not on the conscience of judges and juries but on the competition of other ideas.

Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.

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Topic
First Amendment Constitutional law

Author

Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Source
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1974 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Powell, Lewis F., Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. United States Reports, vol. 418, 25 June 1974, pp. 323-404. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/418/323/.

Another quote about Poverty

Please, sir, I want some more.

Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist

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Topic
Soup Poverty Charity
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Oliver Twist

Author

Charles Dickens
Source
Oliver Twist
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1837 1830s 19th century
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Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress." Bentley's Miscellany. London: Richard Bentley, Feb. 1837, issue 1, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Penguin, 2003, ch. 2.