Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated? — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
People from the world's richest countries should be prepared to accept the burden of debt reduction for heavily indebted poor countries, and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world. — George C. Marshall Copy Share Image
Once you experience Third World poverty, you're really changed forever, if you're at all open to it, because we're all united in… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In a sense, Britain inadvertently, through its actions in Hong Kong, did more to reduce world poverty than all the aid programs… — Paul Romer Copy Share Image
Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I think that wireless has the opportunity to solve a whole bunch of problems, including I believe world poverty. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
We will not overcome world poverty unless we manage climate change successfully. I've spent my life as a development economist, and it's… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
“I am not posing these questions only to the world at large. I query us who own Christ as our life. Can… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. Graffiti has more chance of meaning something… — Banksy Copy Share Image
This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists,… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Don't ask God to cure cancer and world poverty. He's too busy finding you a parking space and fixing the weather for… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
China and India are the success stories; rapid growth in large countries is an engine that can make a colossal dent in… — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
