MICHAEL HARRINGTON

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.

If the American working people were as I would like them to be, they would all be socialists and I would be President.

For the urban poor the police are those that arrest you. In almost any slum there is a vast conspiracy against the forces of law and order.

Life is lived in common, but not in community.

Socialists are firmly committed to the principles of democracy.

Poverty is often off the beaten track. It always has been.

Never forget that there are rich people in poor countries and poor people in rich countries.

People who are much too sensitive to demand of cripples that they run races ask of the poor that they get up and act just like everyone else in society.

The American economy, the American society, the American unconscious are all racist.

For the middle class, the police protect property, give directions, and help old ladies. For the urban poor, the police are those who arrest you.

It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.

If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery.

Life is lived in common, but not in community.

Clothes make the poor invisible. America has the best-dressed poverty the world has ever known.

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.

Poverty is often off the beaten track. It always has been.

The black ghetto in prewar America was a place of deep poverty, the product of relentless discrimination in housing and employment ... But it was also a place where African-American Culture thrived.

Never forget that there are rich people in poor countries and poor people in rich countries.

People who are much too sensitive to demand of cripples that they run races ask of the poor that they get up and act just like everyone else in society.

Socialists are firmly committed to the principles of democracy.

For the middle class, the police protect property, give directions, and help old ladies. For the urban poor, the police are those who arrest you.

For the urban poor the police are those that arrest you. In almost any slum there is a vast conspiracy against the forces of law and order.

If the American working people were as I would like them to be, they would all be socialists and I would be President.

The American economy, the American society, the American unconscious are all racist.