“It cannot be denied that the principal cause of this misery in Nigeria lies in the actions of the leaders themselves, who,… — Barack Okaka Obama Copy Share Image
If you want poor people to work you restore their incentive by giving them less, such as by cutting social services. If… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country. — Azim Premji Copy Share Image
Let's face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
Abortion It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
“Recent evidence confirms that retail prices of essential consumer goods in poor countries are not appreciably lower than in the United States… — Vincent A. Gallagher Copy Share Image
A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The products your life must have could be in the form of scientific discoveries you have made.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
We can help poor people ,but poverty is a decision they make everyday and no one can cure it since they don't… — Wordfaith3 Copy Share Image
The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation in order to enable Governments to engage… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Many skills, as every successful entrepreneur knows, cannot be taught in school. They require doing. Sometimes a life of doing. And where… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Poverty blights whole cities; spreads horrible pestilences; strikes dead the very souls of all who come within sight, sound, or smell of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Free yourself from mental slavery. Break those invisible chains your masters put on your spiritual neck to control you” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I curse my natal hour, Who naught enjoyed… — Greek Proverb Copy Share Image
“An unexpected sight opens in front of my eyes, a sight I cannot ignore. Instead of the calm waters in front of… — Henry Martin Copy Share Image
I grew up in a middle-class family, my dad was a truck driver with UPS. He made good money, so it wasn't… — Steve Harwell Copy Share Image
Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“It is a great thing to be able to make God your source and the time of solitude presents you with that… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“Yet, even then I wasn’t unhappy. We had no objective perception of our own poverty because we had nothing to compare it… — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
“So because you are converting it, you are grabbing back your life.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“The truth is, Japan is headed for crisis. We are in the hands of greedy businessmen and weak politicians. Such people will… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I agree with President Roosevelt, and generations since, that American seniors deserve better than poverty. — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
Favelas [slums] are not always a problem. Favelas can sometimes really be a solution. — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
Population diminishing, even in Japan and Italy, the population is diminishing. When society can reach a sustainable place or gain comfortable income,… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
As long as we give room for domination and the dominators, there will be worries and worried people. Poverty and pestilence will… — Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Copy Share Image
If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife? But if successful, she… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
Gender equality and empowerment of women is key to the success of the Millennium Development Goals. Not only as a specific target,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I loathed poverty and I would have liked to put my hands on the party who said that poverty is an honorable… — Edgar Rice Burroughs Copy Share Image
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