Michael Graves

Good design should be available to everyone - and I do mean everyone. What I spent on the wheelchair I'm in could buy a small Mercedes. It's not only unfair to me; it's unfair to someone who's indigent but has the same needs. My goal is to make all objects affordable.

American Architect

Tony Snow

Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.

American Journalist

Aristotle

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Greek Philosopher

Use 'indigent' to describe someone suffering from severe economic struggles.

Economic Hardship

'Indigent' is often used when discussing state support for the poor.

Government Assistance

Be sensitive; 'indigent' can sound clinical or distant if misused.

Avoid Negative Tone

As a noun, 'indigent' refers to a person in extreme poverty.

Individual Poverty

Remember to humanize the 'indigent'; they are more than their economic status.

Emphasize Personhood

'Indigent' can metaphorically describe anything greatly lacking in quality or substance.

Metaphorical Use

Be aware 'indigent' can sound old-fashioned or poetic when used metaphorically.

Archaic Nuance

Using 'indigent' in a literary sense can add sophistication to writing.

Literary Sophistication

 But I think a lot of what they said was connected in some strange way to this distaste that people still have for the idea of treatment, the notion that somehow if we went out and treated a lot of people in indigent communities, that would be exploitative, because we would be changing them.

Depression, the secret...

 and then she got enough materials so I Nabal her train five girls she went to the public school and spoke to the teachers asking for five most indigent students who she could train and empower