It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.

Helping the people of that devastated country is not an offense.

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our birth.

This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We've had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty.

Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.