The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
Subsidy Quotes:Nigeria is not an oil rich country. We are an oil producing country. — Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Copy Share Image
Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer. — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
It is more difficult to fight poverty in a rich country than in a poor one. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
We should be a rich country again, and if we do that, we can leave Social Security. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I'm not against the virtual world; it's fascinating, but I don't like the way they try to impose it on us. It's… — Leos Carax Copy Share Image
Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is unique among the rich countries, developed countries, in not having some kind of a national health-care system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The rich countries are rich because of their practices at home, and because of their readiness to adopt and adapt new things,… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries — Douglas Casey Copy Share Image
Senator John Kerry released his plan today to eliminate the deficit. He said all we have to do is find a really… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Development aid takes money from the poor in rich countries and gives it to the rich in poor countries. — Mohammed Saleh Copy Share Image
A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Funding from rich countries to help the poor and vulnerable adapt to climate change is not even one percent of what is… — Barbara Stocking Copy Share Image
Why do tax havens exist? Because rich countries allow them to. If the U.S. came down on tax havens in the same… — 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
England, unlike in 1914, will not allow herself to blunder into a war lasting for years… Such is the fate of rich… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
People in the big rich countries are often extremely dismissive of the small countries. They think nothing that happens there is of… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
For a long time, rich countries have promised to reduce poverty but have failed to match their words with adequate action. Of… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“The sharp reduction in income inequality that we observe in almost all the rich countries between 1914 and 1945 was due above… — Thomas Piketty Copy Share Image
Climate change hype has grave real world consequences. It gets rich countries to adopt silly policies and to impose devastating eco-imperialism on… — Leon Louw Copy Share Image
“In no country does the average income give the right picture of how people live but in a country with higher inequality… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Both rich and poor nations have a common stake in policies that put the globe on a sustainable development path. The conflict… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
People in the rich countries who have done very well, who are at the top of the income pyramid, try to steamroll… — Branko Milanovic Copy Share Image
Look at the ozone story. As long as it was the southern hemisphere that was being threatened, there was very little talk… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
“Consider how the rich countries of the world are filled with hypocritical people. These are the people who complain about children who… — Shmuley Boteach Copy Share Image
...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed. — Iqbal Quadir Copy Share Image
I am moved by the spirit of Angolans and the work UNICEF is doing, but I am saddened by the hardships I… — Alyssa Milano Copy Share Image
What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
The absence of state capacity - that is, of the services and protections that people in rich countries take for granted -… — Angus Deaton 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
There is a considerable polarization taking place here, increasing the gap between rich and poor. It's most dramatic in Third World countries,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What I'm really worried about is war. Will the former rich countries really accept a completely changed world economy, and a shift… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
The middle class in the rich countries is where the political game is being played. They are voting in elections in the… — Branko Milanovic Copy Share Image
“...in a brutal country like ours where human life is cheap, it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
