If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
In very deed, pestilence, and famine, and wars, and earthquakes have to be regarded as a remedy for nations, as the means… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
When every province of the world so teems with inhabitants that they can neither subsist where they are nor remove themselves elsewhere. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
We've always talked about doing something else and Campbell Scott is always busy and I'm always busy. But when we came up… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
It is better not to try people, not to force them to desperation. Make them prosper; out of superfluidity, they will be… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
The window of opportunity to avert famine is rapidly closing and could already have closed. The real issue facing us is not… — Catherine Bertini Copy Share Image
He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people, comprising more than fifty percent of… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Disease an never be conquered, can never be quelled by emotion's willful screaming or faith's symbolic prayer. It can only be conquered… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
Man must learn to rely upon himself. Reading bibles will not protect him from the blasts of winter, but houses, fires. and… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
When you see someone dying in front of you from a direct and simple cause, it's easier to deal with [that] than… — John H Richardson Copy Share Image
“A tombstone is memory made concrete. Human memory is the ladder on which a country and a people advance. We must remember… — Yang Jisheng Copy Share Image
I have heard of a man lost in the woods and dying of famine and exhaustion at the foot of a tree,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Nobody knows how many North Koreans have died or are dying in the famine—some estimates by foreign-aid groups run as high as… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We still live in a world of such gross injustice and inequality, that only privileged people like ourselves can afford to think… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
We are not, of course, optimistic about our chances of success. Some form of ecocatastrophe, if not thermonuclear war, seems almost certain… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
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I have very fond memories of my childhood in Afghanistan, largely because my memories, unlike those of the current generation of Afghans,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Famine, plague, death and war... that's a pretty good description of 1917-18. The war was meant to end quickly, but by 1917… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
The experience of Somalia shows that famine in the late 20th century is not a consequence of a shortage of food. On… — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
A huge famine hit North Korea in the mid-1990s. Ultimately, more than a million North Koreans died during the famine, and many… — Lee Hyeon-seo Copy Share Image
Sometimes I want to ask God why He allows poverty, famine, and injustice when He could do something about it, but I'm… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
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Its either feast or famine, and thats the way its been for as long as I can remember. Ive spent my whole… — Amanda Donohoe Copy Share Image
Bankruptcy and repudiation are the springboards from which much of our civilization vaults and turns its somersets, but the savagestands on the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Zimbabweans are severely malnourished, and deaths from starvation occur even in the cities. The country has not yet suffered nationwide famine only… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea… — Aurelio Peccei Copy Share Image
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On my door is a cartoon of two turtles. One says, 'Sometimes I would like to ask why he allows poverty, famine… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
There has also been a change - a slippage - in our intellectual and moral strength. Seven lean years of drouth and… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the… — Norman Borlaug Copy Share Image
Farmers present by themselves the basic force of the national movement. Without farmers there can be no strong national movement. This is… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you lived in 18th-century England, you probably lived in a village, worked on the land, and your greatest fears were probably… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
When we talk about famine, people start listing, as I have, its many different elements. We must not let the complexity of… — Amber Rudd Copy Share Image
The essence of war is fire, famine, and pestilence. They contribute to its outbreak; they are among its weapons; they become its… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
![“When you see someone dying in front of you from a direct and simple cause, it's easier to deal with [that] than famine or drought or a more indirect cause. It's overwhelming and frightening and kind of distant, but we do see it every day with plants and animals and species dying.” quote by John H Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d1d/john-h-richardson-38485_animal_when-you-see-someone-dying-in-front-of-y_1998991.jpg)
