Ron Rash Quotes
One thing's sure and nothing surer. The rich get richer and the poor get- children
The “competition of the poor included the political and social activism competition.”
Most people who hear this quote for the first time assume that it originates with some radical socialist of the 1930s. However it came from a President of the United States and a Republican President at that. Few scholars will place this quotation correctly.
The Supreme Court had ruled that there could be no limits placed on the amount of money that could be spent by a rich company or person to campaign for a candidate. It would deny them their right to freedom of speech. That was the context of Hollings’ remark.
Ron Rash, an American poet, short story writer and novelist, is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University.