“Countries are poor not because their people are lazy; their people are 'lazy' because they are poor.”

2010s, I don't know, so I'm an atheist libertarian (2011)

As quoted in Queers in History : The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Historical Gays (2009), by Keith Stern, p. 466.

Edhi’s dying words, as quoted (with translation from original words in Urdu language) by IlmFeed ( July 9, 2016 http://ilmfeed.com/abdul-sattar-edhi-a-hero-for-the-poor-and-destitute/) and in Gulf Times by Kamran Rehmat ( July 11, 2016 http://www.gulf-times.com/story/502146/The-beloved-distributor-of-hope/), retrieved July 22, 2016

Source: Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

Source: The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (2004), Chapter 31 “Saturday Morning Mission” (p. 173)

Quotes 1990s, 1995-1999
Context: Very commonly substances are criminalized because they're associated with what's called the dangerous classes, you know, poor people, or working people.… Actually, the peak of marijuana use was as I said, in the seventies, but that was rich kids, so you don't throw them in jail. And then it got seriously criminalized, you know, you really throw people in jail for it, when it was poor people.

Dialogue with trade unionists, February 2, 1999 http://zpedia.org/Chomsky_on_pot