把貧窮視為以統計數字來衡量的經濟狀況，未免太過簡化、誤導他人，也是錯誤的；貧窮是一個心理狀態，也是視野寬廣與否的問題。To view poverty simply as an economic condition, to be measured by statistics, is simplistic, misleading and false; poverty is a state of mind, a matter of horizo​​ns.

To view poverty simply as an economic condition, to be measured by statistics, is simplistic, misleading and false; poverty is a state of mind, a matter of horizo​​ns.
— Patrick J. Buchanan, Political Commentator
把貧窮視為以統計數字來衡量的經濟狀況，未免太過簡化、誤導他人，也是錯誤的；貧窮是一個心理狀態，也是視野寬廣與否的問題。

–派屈克‧布坎南(1938- ) 美國保守派政治評論家、專欄作家和媒體人，曾擔任美國尼克森、福特及雷根總統的高級顧問，也曾在CNN 主持節目，在MSNBC 及Fox News 有線電視擔任評論員。