When I feed the hungry, they call me a saint. When I ask why people are hungry, they call me a Communist.

Dom Helder Camara, Brazilian archbishop, as quoted in Peace Behind Bars : A Peacemaking Priest's Journal from Jail (1995) by John Dear, p. 65; this is a translation of "Quando dou comida aos pobres chamam-me de santo. Quando pergunto por que eles são pobres chamam-me de comunista."

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why are they poor, they call me a Communist. | When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Communist.

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