Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Eliminating global poverty will need the talent and potential of all, not just half the population. — Alok Sharma Copy Share Image
I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
I wrote 'The Blue Sweater' to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
If you want a heart for the poor and the needy of the world, use your money to fight global poverty and… — Craig Williams Copy Share Image
Without effective states working with active and involved citizens, there is little chance for the growth that is needed to abolish global… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might. — Leila Janah Copy Share Image
The money from wealthy nations to confront some very real global poverty and economic issues is largely given out of guilt. — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
Climate change and global poverty are two sides of the same coin. Both challenges must be addressed together. If we fail on… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
The Global Poverty Project's mission is to stand up for the world's poorest people. We fight for the full funding of Millennium… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment… — Nelson Mandela 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
I just don't think that the differences you make by donating to a museum or an art gallery really compare to the… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
Ever more people are alert to the challenge of global poverty and global warming. We know that solutions are at hand. We… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
The planet's biggest problems have to do with sustainability, environmental decline, global poverty, disease, conflict and so forth. Really, they're all interconnected… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
I left Xerox for the non-profit sector because it was clear to me that only public/private partnerships can pull off a turnaround… — Anne M. Mulcahy Copy Share Image
I think the money for the solutions for global poverty is on Wall Street. Wall Street allocates capital. And we need to… — Kabir Sehgal Copy Share Image
Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Easterly, a celebrated economist, presents one side in what has become an ongoing debate with fellow star-economist Jeffrey Sachs about the role… — Amy Lockwood Copy Share Image
Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
So let us be clear about this up front: We hope to recruit you to join an incipient movement to emancipate women… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
We certainly would resolve the problems of the charities that are working in areas where they can do the most good. So… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“Issues such as universal freedom of migration, international security, terrorism, internet policing, climate crisis, ecological sustainability, stabilizing international finance and banking, global… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
We know that no algorithm can solve global poverty; no pill can cure a chronic illness; no box of chocolates can mend… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
“Hours are long. Wages are pitiful. But sweatshops are the symptom, not the cause, of shocking global poverty. Workers go there voluntarily,… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
That global poverty would end. That people would be able to eat. It's the worst shame in the world that people go… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
The good news is we have the technology and the tools to alleviate poverty on a global scale. All that is standing… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
Global poverty is an input on the supply side; the global economic system feeds on cheap labor. — Michel Chossudovsky Copy Share Image
There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight. — Ban Ki-moon 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
Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty. — Jonathan Morduch Copy Share Image
This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists,… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“The Locust Effect then is the surprising story of how a plague of lawless violence is destroying two dreams that the world… — Gary A. Haugen Copy Share Image
If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and present. The poorest of the poor don't vote… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
Presidents and prime ministers, whether they live in the rich or the poor world, are insulated and isolated from the devastating impact… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
