# Quote — Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels

> Poor Nations are hungry, and rich Nations are proud, and Pride and Hunger will ever be at Variance.

- Author: [Jonathan Swift](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jonathan-swift.md)
- Book: [Gulliver's Travels](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jonathan-swift/gullivers-travels.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jonathan-swift/gullivers-travels/poor-nations-are

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> And he gave it for his opinion, that whosoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.

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