"If you're born poor it's not your fault, but if you die poor it's your fault."
— Bill Gates

January 1, 1970

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Quoted in various publications, without any further sourcing. The quote is dubious in view of the Gates Foundation's public mission, "to lift people out of hunger and extreme poverty." Gates was born to an affluent family.