Discussion on Poverty and Success

Next question is: What do you reply when someone says

to you, "You hate the poor and disadvantaged, don't you?"

Nobody has ever come close enough to me to say such a

thing.

I don't hate the poor. I just don't think

that they're the best thing in

life, and that one should tailor everything

for their convenience. And here I'd like to

quote a very interesting person, if you've heard of

him, the Reverend Ike. He is a Black

evangelist, and a remarkable one, because he preaches

not suffering and submission, but success.

And he tells his congregation that every man can

succeed in what he understands, wha-what he can do.

Reverend Ike's statement about the poor is

as follows: "The best way to help the poor is

not to be one of them."