To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“Well-being and need are purely relative concepts. There is no such thing as poverty in itself, suffering in itself, unhappiness in itself.… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
The U.N. has been focusing on the global goals in terms of trying to fight and eradicate poverty, and I feel like… — Connie Britton Copy Share Image
For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages… — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
If you have a problem where you have just poverty, long-term insurance benefits for an emergency aren't going to solve that either.… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
There the poor have another advantage ... for they may defy not only death, but every loss by sea or land, for… — Elizabeth Inchbald Copy Share Image
There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who does not think there is somebody still poorer, and still more contemptible. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
You [Jill Stein] also believe in a full employment policy that was the majority Democratic Party policy in 1946. They actually passed… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
“Wherever a pain is, that's where the cure goes; wherever poverty is, that's where provision goes. Wherever a difficult question is, that's… — Jalaluddin Rumi Copy Share Image
Most of us still believe in the intrinsic value of nature, but I think the first century of the environmental/conservation movement demonstrated… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Computing is not about computers any more. It is about living. Whatever big problem you can imagine, from world peace to the… — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
“The poor have been rebels, but they have never become anarchists: they have got more interest than anyone in there being some… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more.… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
In a perfect world what poor countries at the lowest rungs of economic development need is not a multi-party democracy, but in… — Dambisa Moyo Copy Share Image
A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Collectively, we activists are essential to advancing U.S. policy to help empower marginalized people to lift themselves and their communities out of… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don't, who will? Not other poor people, that's for… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
In the 55-60 years of their rule, the successive Congress government have only looted the country and plunged it into poverty, casteism,… — Yogi Adityanath Copy Share Image
“if we were lucky enough to be living a good life, we should recognize this gift and thank God for it by… — John Wood Copy Share Image
Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor… — Abdul Qadeer Khan Copy Share Image
If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish; let them drink and forget their poverty and… — Bible Copy Share Image
“I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 percent… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
“In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“You must know what to do with your time if you must become great in this life. You must know what to… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and… — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
We expect that in the next years, the economy will improve. And we expect that extreme poverty will drop from 22 percent… — Alberto Fujimori Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter what your area of calling is, if you could invest quality time in it, then, you will be sure… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
The huge turnout for Live 8 here and around the world proves that thanks to the leadership from people like Tony Blair… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Sometimes you do not see white faces when you think of poverty. That leads to lots of stigmas, systemic racism and all… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
“While this number puts the economic fragility of America’s families in a new light, the shocking statistic is that nine out of… — Thomas Shapiro Copy Share Image
The poor yield to the rich, the common people to the upper ten, the servants to their masters, the ignorant to the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Believe in poverty and you will be poor. Believe in wealth and you will be rich. Believe in love and you will… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Poverty without a people's government looks like hopelessness, but to see poverty in organized communities is to see relief-in-progress. — Holly Near Copy Share Image
Make us worthy Lord to serve our fellow men throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger. Give them… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
The Curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening — Daphne Zuniga Copy Share Image