Our affluent society contains those of talent and insight who are driven to prefer poverty, to choose it, rather than to submit to the desolation of an empty abundance. It is a strange part of the other America that one finds in the intellectual slums.
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This quote is just one of 8 total Michael Harrington quotes in our collection. Michael Harrington is known for saying 'Our affluent society contains those of talent and insight who are driven to prefer poverty, to choose it, rather than to submit to the desolation of an empty abundance. It is a strange part of the other America that one finds in the intellectual slums.' as well as some of the following quotes.
For the most part, everyone's in the same area on price -- everyone knows basically where the number should be and is a little above or below for whatever reason. You need to work with somebody you can trust. I'd say look for someone who will be honest with you right up front. That tells me I'm not going to have problems in the long run.
That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen.
This quote is just one of 8 total Michael Harrington quotes in our collection. Michael Harrington is known for saying 'Our affluent society contains those of talent and insight who are driven to prefer poverty, to choose it, rather than to submit to the desolation of an empty abundance. It is a strange part of the other America that one finds in the intellectual slums.' as well as some of the following quotes.