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title: "11 World Poorest Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/today-the-muslim-world-is-the-poorest-of-the-global-powers/)

[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/)

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> [The protestor I think will speak up for the world's poorest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-protestor-i-think-will-speak-up-for-the-world-s-poorest/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bono/sub-saharan-africa-is-also-home-to-400-million-of-the-world-s-poorest/)

[Bono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bono/)

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> [The world's poorest people use the cheapest available fuels - dung and twigs and even leaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-banerjee/the-world-s-poorest-people-use-the-cheapest-available-fuels-dung-and/)

[Abhijit Banerjee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-banerjee/)

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> [Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/millions-of-people-in-the-world-s-poorest-countries-remain-enslaved/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [Live Below the Line raises real money to help the world's poorest people, but it is also a symbolic demonstration aimed at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-evans/live-below-the-line-raises-real-money-to-help-the-world-s-poorest/)

[Hugh Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-evans/)

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> [Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/looking-at-these-issues-as-a-businessman-i-believe-that-investing-in/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/bill-gates-137_believe_looking-at-these-issues-as-a-businessman_174659.jpg)

> [Of course, aid is only one small part of international development. Some of the greatest benefits to the world's poorest can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-sturgeon/of-course-aid-is-only-one-small-part-of-international-development/)

[Nicola Sturgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-sturgeon/)

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> [The merits of deeper debt cancellation, when accompanied by conditions of accountability and transparency on the part of recipient countries, have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ricard/the-merits-of-deeper-debt-cancellation-when-accompanied-by-conditions/)

[John Ricard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ricard/)

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> [For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/for-far-too-long-the-world-s-poorest-people-have-seen-no-benefit-from/)

[Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/)

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> [There is no doubt that the world economy is in trouble. But if governments or individuals use this as an excuse to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-singer/there-is-no-doubt-that-the-world-economy-is-in-trouble-but-if/)

[Peter Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-singer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/peter-singer-1001_assistance_there-is-no-doubt-that-the-world-economy_1456321.jpg)

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