Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Actually, it's the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Rich countries want unfettered access to poor countries' markets, which are often heavily protected by tariffs, but they don't want to give… — Daniel Altman Copy Share Image
One of the greatest concerns that I had when I became President was the vast array of nuclear weapons in the arsenals… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In a system of free trade and free markets poor countries - and poor people - are not poor because others are… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Poor countries are being forced to deal with an unprecedented health crisis without the means to tackle it . Governments can only… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola. — Clare Short Copy Share Image
Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies'… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse. — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
This may be the one clear truth of the so-called border issue: Put a poor country next to a rich one and… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Charities are now working to give people in poor countries access to the Internet. But shouldn't we spend that money on providing… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
More girls were killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men killed in all the wars in… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Mothers might say they'd go to the doctor. In poor countries, moms are usually responsible for their kids' health. But breastfeeding and… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
“There always seem to be very rich people, no matter how poor the country,” Thenoclon said.” — Andrew Ashling Copy Share Image
Everybody keeps saying that India's a poor country. Yes, we have poverty. But I blame the government of India, the political establishment,… — Vijay Mallya Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, there was a boy who learned to read at the age of 5. This changed his life. Owing… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
A considerable proportion of the developed world's prosperity rests on paying the lowest possible prices for the poor countries' primary products and… — Philip Agee Copy Share Image
Extreme weather events continue to grow more frequent and intense in rich and poor countries alike, not only devastating lives, but also… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between… — Nursultan Nazarbayev Copy Share Image
Foreign aid has been perfected so that it subsidizes corporate U.S. agriculture while preventing poor countries from developing profitable agriculture or feeding… — Nicholas von Hoffman Copy Share Image
