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title: "2 Abject Poverty Quotes By Muhammad Yunus"
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> [“Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society. For building stable peace we must find ways to provide opportunities for people to live decent lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/poverty-is-the-absence-of-all-human-rights-the-frustrations-hostility/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

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> [Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/poverty-is-the-absence-of-all-human-rights-the-frustrations-hostility-2/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

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## More by Muhammad Yunus

> [What is entrepreneurship, after all? Bigness is not the issue. Poor people are the ones who take challenges every day. The guy who sells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/what-is-entrepreneurship-after-all-bigness-is-not-the-issue-poor/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [Here we were talking about economic development, about investing billions of dollars in various programs, and I could see it wasn't billions of dollars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/here-we-were-talking-about-economic-development-about-investing/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [All human beings are very creative - full of potential, full of energy... So, money kind of allows them to express it... And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/all-human-beings-are-very-creative-full-of-potential-full-of-energy/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [Credit markets were originally created to serve human needs; to provide businesses and individuals with capital to start or expand businesses or fulfill other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/credit-markets-were-originally-created-to-serve-human-needs-to/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [We have a list of human rights - right to food, right to shelter, right to health, right to education, many such items which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/we-have-a-list-of-human-rights-right-to-food-right-to-shelter-right/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would go for credit. Money is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/if-we-are-looking-for-one-single-action-which-will-enable-the-poor-to/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [What we are trying to do is to create a social business in Bangladesh, a joint venture to create restaurants for common people. Good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/what-we-are-trying-to-do-is-to-create-a-social-business-in-bangladesh/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/there-is-the-expression-of-selfishness-and-there-is-the-expression-of/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [I did something that challenged the banking world. Conventional banks look for the rich; we look for the absolutely poor. All people are entrepreneurs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-did-something-that-challenged-the-banking-world-conventional-banks/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [Poverty is an artificial, external imposition on a human being; it is not innate in a human being. And since it is external, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/poverty-is-an-artificial-external-imposition-on-a-human-being-it-is/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-made-a-list-of-people-who-needed-just-a-little-bit-of-money-and/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [I dismiss personal profit and focus exclusively on people and planet. That's what I call social business: a nondividend company dedicated to solving human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-dismiss-personal-profit-and-focus-exclusively-on-people-and-planet/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [I have come to believe, deeply and firmly, that we can create a poverty free world if we want to. I came to this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-have-come-to-believe-deeply-and-firmly-that-we-can-create-a-poverty/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [The crisis is the price for the capitalist system](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/the-crisis-is-the-price-for-the-capitalist-system/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

> [I was teaching in one of the universities while the country was suffering from a severe famine. People were dying of hunger, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-was-teaching-in-one-of-the-universities-while-the-country-was/)

[Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/)

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