The essence of Africa's crises is fundamentally it's extreme poverty. — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty. — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
“If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish… — Jean de La Bruyère Copy Share Image
Oh, I realize it's a penny here and a penny there, but look at me: I've worked myself up from nothing to… — Arthur Sheekman Copy Share Image
Extreme poverty is the best breeding ground on earth for disease, political instability, and terrorism. — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“Why, look at me. I've worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.” — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
That made me feel good, not to go to a resort where outside the door is extreme poverty — Jasmine Guy Copy Share Image
To make sustainable progress in reducing extreme poverty will require improvements in both the quantity and quality of aid. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In a country like Mexico, you can't forget about poverty - about how half of the population lives in poverty, and how… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
You have to go through cycles of extreme poverty and suffering for a while; they are used to that...They get up early,… — Keith Brantly Copy Share Image
“Because of our interconnectedness we all know that extreme poverty and exclusionary practices are violations against the basic dignity of people.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening,… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
Despite the hundreds of non-governmental organizations and the continued outpouring of foreign aid, East Africa remains as a region overwhelmed by extreme… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
A few years ago the idea that extreme poverty was harmful was on the fringes of the economic and political debate. But… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
“As a 2011 Brookings Institution study found, “compared to 2000, residents of extreme-poverty neighborhoods in 2005–09 were more likely to be white,… — J.D. Vance 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
Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
The majority of people who come to America come for a better life, just like the Italians, the Jews, the Irish, and… — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
Let us hear the dangers of thralldom to our consciences from ignorance, extreme poverty, and dependence; in short, from civil and political… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If exclusive privileges were not granted, and if the financial system would not tend to concentrate wealth, there would be few great… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
If extreme poverty is allowed to increase, it will give rise to new problems, including new diseases that will spread from countries… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The service of India means the service of those teeming millions steeped in poverty, ignorance and disease. To see that in my… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
It's shocking to me still, that children - just because of where they're born - are born into a life of extreme… — Lauren Bush Copy Share Image
“As of early 2017, GiveDirectly planned to mobilize $30 million for what it claims will be the largest basic income experiment ever.… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
“I grew up in extreme poverty,’ said Hari Das. ‘Like me, my father was a day labourer, who also did theyyam during… — William Dalrymple Copy Share Image
“Imagine for a moment that 10 million children were going to lose their lives next year due to the earth's overheating. A… — Vernon Brewer Copy Share Image
By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“We are the First Generation that can End Global Extreme Poverty. One of the Ways is by Investing in Education” — David Sikhosana Copy Share Image
India is a functioning democracy despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course. — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa. — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
Progress to reduce hunger is being made by tackling both the cause and the consequences of extreme poverty and famine. — Tae Yoo Copy Share Image
People in the U.K. don't imagine what it is to live in extreme poverty here in Colombia or anywhere in the so-called… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
