Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Some people think that poor people are lazy. Actually, it takes a lot of work to survive when you are dirt-poor. — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone's head. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Poverty is not something people impose on themselves for want of effort and community organisation. It is constructed by divisive and discriminatory… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Our interconnectedness on the planet is the dominating truth of the 21st century. One stark result is that the world's poor live,… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Peace, to have meaning for many who have only known suffering in both peace and war, must be translated into bread or… — Ralph Bunche Copy Share Image
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Every morning our newspapers could read, 'More than 20,000 people perished yesterday of extreme poverty.' How? The poor die in hospital wards… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
I have tremendous confidence in the capacity of the poor to transform not only their own lives but also to build a… — Ruth Manorama Copy Share Image
This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
All of the incessant debate about development assistance, and whether the rich are doing enough to help the poor, actually concerns less… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
The first thing that you need to deal with is the issue of equity and poverty. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all — Evita Peron Copy Share Image
Small loans can transform lives, especially the lives of women and children. The poor can become empowered instead of disenfranchised. Homes can… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
“If achieving world peace and ending poverty were really genuine concerns to the majority, then they would have happened already by now.… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease. Greed is the key. It's… — Roger Moore Copy Share Image
We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so… — Ed Begley, Jr Copy Share Image
It's quite possible to arrive in the year 2030 where people are no longer dying of poverty. We could actually help lead… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
What we need to do is increase the totality of money that is given to the poorest areas and then we can… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
The rich do not have to invest enough in the poorest countries to make them rich; they need to invest enough so… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go, I see very much the same thing. I see the same compassion for people who live half a world… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
