Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign — Frederik Willem de Klerk Copy Share Image
Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe. — Frederick Douglass 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
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
We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so… — Ed Begley, Jr Copy Share Image
Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone's head. — George Bernard Shaw 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
If you think creating a world without any poverty is impossible, let's do it. Because it is the right thing to do. — Muhammad Yunus 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
Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing. And even if you don't come up with… — Banksy Copy Share Image
If our life is not a course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do… — William Law Copy Share Image
I believe that we can create a poverty-free world because poverty is not created by poor people. It has been created and… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Let us, above all, be clear that, without a convincing program of debt relief to start the new millennium, our objective of… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
It will be nearly impossible to slow warming appreciably without condemning much of the world to poverty unless energy sources that emit… — Henry Sylvester Jacoby 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
It is perfectly consistent - and also true - to say that the world poverty problem today is smaller (relative to world… — Thomas Pogge 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
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
Under normal circumstances, if the centerpiece of a president's campaign is helping the disadvantaged and we are our brother's keeper, the idea… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
What you see around the world is that poverty is not destiny. In other countries, much more systemically, student after student, school… — Arne Duncan 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
The television reports gave me my first inkling of a world beyond my own, a world that wasn't fair or equal, a… — Chrissie Wellington Copy Share Image
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
Dream of a world where poverty is history, dream of a world where we don't spend those obscene billions on arms, knowing… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
The day will end world poverty! Will initiate a disaster, as the last day of the world? — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The folly of men not their hard heartedness was the great cause of the world s poverty. — Edward Bellamy Copy Share Image
Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and… — George Soros Copy Share Image
“You can’t preach things like spirituality, yoga, or animal activism to someone who hasn’t had a decent meal in days...” — Dr. Deepak S. Hiwale aka 'Dr Dee 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
“Someone once asked Mother Teresa how she dealt with world poverty. Do you know what she said? 'You do the thing that's… — Corban Addison Copy Share Image
Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image