Conflict Quote by Andrew Mitchell Download Open image “It is conflict overall that mires people in poverty. That is the first law of development.” — Andrew Mitchell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conflict Development First Law Overall People Poverty War
It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism. — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral. — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Poverty is not inevitable. It is a human ill that we can fight if we decide to do so together. — Marc Forne Molne Copy Share Image
Poverty is a plague against which humanity must fight without cease. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society. For… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities. — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
Libyans have to work together for a new Libya. They should keep in place the sinews of security. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
Tackling deprivation around the world is a moral imperative and firmly in Britain's national interest. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
You can see how an increase in the water level would wipe out hundreds of thousands of people's homes. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
There is a legitimate role for development education in the UK, but I do not believe these projects give the taxpayer value for money. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
In India there are more poor people in three states... than there are in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
It is vital that the entire international system is ready to meet the challenges of future disasters. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
Britain, today, educates 4.8 million primary school children in Britain. And we educate five million primary school children around the developing world, at a… — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
My top priority will be to secure maximum value for money in aid through greater transparency, rigorous independent evaluation and an unremitting focus on… — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
They say, 'Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.' They don't realize that not everybody's bootstraps are the same length. — Andrew Mitchell Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way. — Reuven Rivlin Copy Share Image
I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict. — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
All drama is conflict. Without conflict, there is no action. Without action, there is no character. Without character, there is no story. And without… — Syd Field Copy Share Image
The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“These are all good things, I said. But no one knows where your country is or who you are. You don't have a familiar… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I understand the formula that producers hire directors and directors are hired to direct and actors are hired to act. I don't have any… — Danny Trejo Copy Share Image
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image