Senator John Kerry released his plan today to eliminate the deficit. He said all we have to do is find a really… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Development aid takes money from the poor in rich countries and gives it to the rich in poor countries. — Mohammed Saleh Copy Share Image
Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed. — Iqbal Quadir Copy Share Image
The quality of the medical care delivered, including the pharmaceutical industry, has improved a lot. I don't think it's crazy for a… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Most people acquire most of their knowledge outside school, and in school only insofar as school, in a few rich countries, has… — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
“The sharp reduction in income inequality that we observe in almost all the rich countries between 1914 and 1945 was due above… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Climate change is a huge problem, an almost insoluble problem, for two reasons. One is the habits of the West in terms… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
This is so rich a country that luxury has developed at the expense of necessities, and even the destitute partake of the… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Americans, like many citizens of rich countries, take for granted the legal and regulatory system, the public schools, health care and social… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
I am moved by the spirit of Angolans and the work UNICEF is doing, but I am saddened by the hardships I… — Alyssa Milano Copy Share Image
I believe that it is very difficult in the world of today to continue with G-8 only without taking in account the… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
People in the rich countries who have done very well, who are at the top of the income pyramid, try to steamroll… — Branko Milanovic Copy Share Image
The great question for our time is, how to make sure that the continuing scientific revolution brings benefits to everybody rather than… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
We [US] are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Look at the ozone story. As long as it was the southern hemisphere that was being threatened, there was very little talk… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
To make a concrete response to the appeal of our brothers and sisters in humanity, we must come to grips with the… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The basic reason why poor countries are poor is that they lack the technological capital that rich countries have, which makes output… — Arthur R. Kroeber Copy Share Image
Gore Vidal, the American writer, once described the American economic system as 'free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich'.… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The absence of state capacity - that is, of the services and protections that people in rich countries take for granted -… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
“..the planet is just too small for these developing countries to repeat the economic growth in the same way that the rich… — Mario Molina Copy Share Image
What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
It isn't only rich countries that suffer from the effects of tax havens. Developing countries also lose billions of dollars in tax… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
There is a considerable polarization taking place here, increasing the gap between rich and poor. It's most dramatic in Third World countries,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In Africa, you only have an independent media in only eight African countries, so there is very little transparency. The best gift… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The middle class in the rich countries is where the political game is being played. They are voting in elections in the… — Branko Milanovic Copy Share Image
The world is very disparate, in terms of the US using the most energy per person, and then the other rich countries… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“...in a brutal country like ours where human life is cheap, it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
While you can say that the problem of the middle class in the rich countries is too much globalization, the problem of… — Branko Milanovic Copy Share Image
Average tariffs between rich countries are only 3 per cent. But developing countries face tariffs of more than 300 per cent in… — Hilary Benn Copy Share Image
Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would… — Robert Falcon Scott Copy Share Image
Even strong as they are today, rich countries should have no illusion: nobody is safe in aworld of injustices.War will never bring… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
Climate change is...a gross injustice-poor people in developing countries bear over 90% of the burden-through death, disease, destitution and financial loss-yet are… — Barbara Stocking Copy Share Image
UN and rich countries must make financial support to the recipient poor and developing countries conditional that they must ensure 100 percent… — Irfan Aligi Copy Share Image
One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think - even the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Consider how the rich countries of the world are filled with hypocritical people. These are the people who complain about children who… — Shmuley Boteach Copy Share Image
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