Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all.
—Eva Perón, 1949
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The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666Charity is murder and you know it.
—Dorothy Parker, 1956I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
—Maya Angelou, 1993The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
—Ralph Nader, 2000