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philanthropist

«He is one of those wise philanthropists who in a time of famine would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks»
«Rambo isn't violent. I see Rambo as a philanthropist.»
«The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist»
«RESTITUTOR, n. Benefactor; philanthropist.»
«PHILANTHROPIST, n. A rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while his conscience is picking his pocket.»
«Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.»
«Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong.»