I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, … - Joe Klein

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The fact is that people would rather cling when they're afraid of something to a priori beliefs than rather open their minds about it.

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I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should not be rewarded. But often it isn't, and common decency requires that we take care of the least of these.

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