Mastodawn

When I see someone who looks fairly desperate, I would rather give money, on the chance of sometimes giving unwisely, than to withhold it from some one person who might need a helping hand and who deserves it.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1942-11), “If You Ask Me,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Vol. 59

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/84…

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Roosevelt, Eleanor - Column (1942-11), "If You Ask Me," Ladies' Home Journal, Vol. 59 | WIST Quotations

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RonSupportsYou Jan 9

"After Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be an ‘Honor’ to Accept It":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/world/americas/trump-venezuela-machado-nobel-prize.html
#NobelPeacePrize #extortion #theft #undeserving #Trump
#Venezuela #corruption #WorstPresidentEver #dishonorable

Trump Indicates He Will Meet Venezuela’s Machado After Offer to Give Him Her Nobel Peace Prize

President Trump indicated that he would meet the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Last year, she won the Nobel Peace Prize, an award he covets.

The New York Times

RonSupportsYou Dec 6

Tibor Kalman: "At no point during the five-year span that Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on the BBC, from October 1969 to December 1974, could the greatest comedic minds of their time come up with a skit more grotesquely absurd than Trump placing a fake peace-prize medal over his own head."
#undeserving #WarCriminal #politics

RonSupportsYou Oct 11, 2025

"Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin on Friday praised U.S. Pres. Donald Trump’s peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel":
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/world/article_7bae801c-ec6a-5511-871f-0ae017827292.html
Putin praised #PutinsPuppet, but if Putin wanted Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Putin would have helped Trump bring an end to Putin's war in Ukraine.
#Trump #undeserving. #Putin #WarCriminal. #politics

Putin praises Trump's peace efforts despite failing to win the Nobel prize

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel prize, and voiced hope for securing an agreement to extend a pivotal nuclear

Albuquerque Journal

WIST Quotations moves again!Mar 11, 2024

A quotation from Joubert, Joseph:

«
Kindness consists in part, perhaps, in esteeming and loving people more than they deserve; but then there is a measure of prudence in believing that people are not always equal to what they are taken for.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/21377/

#quote #quotes #quotation #character #forgiveness #love #friendship #grace #judgment #kindness #undeserving #wisdom #worthiness

Pensées [Thoughts], ch. 5 [On the Soul]," ¶ 66 (1850 ed.) [tr. Attwell (1896), ¶ 71] - Joubert, Joseph | WIST Quotations

Kindness consists in part, perhaps, in esteeming and loving people more than they deserve; but then there is a measure of prudence in believing that people are not always equal to what they are taken for. [Une partie de la bonté consiste peut-être à estimer et à aimer les…

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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Dec 5, 2023

Implementing a #BasicIncomeProject means overcoming #myths about the ‘#undeserving #poor’.

On #PrinceEdwardIsland, a recent #report has outlined how the #province could reduce #poverty by adopting a #basicincome. Meanwhile in #Ottawa, the #Senate is considering developing a #framework for a #national #basicincome program. Momentum is clearly growing in #canada

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #IncomeInequality #UBI

https://theconversation.com/implementing-a-basic-income-means-overcoming-myths-about-the-undeserving-poor-218577