Abject Poverty Quotes

15 quotes by 14 authors

Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized… — Kofi Annan
My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty. — Kirk Douglas
We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age. — Viola Davis
While civilization is more than a high material living standard it is nevertheless based on material abundance. It does not thrive on abject poverty or… — Krafft Arnold Ehricke
Stay away from lazy parasites, who perch on you just to satisfy their needs, they do not come to alleviate your burdens, hence, their mission… — Michael Bassey
For the first time ever we are capable of removing abject poverty, illiteracy and the diseases of poverty from the human condition. The current intensification… — Clare Short
A decade ago, critics suggested biotech crops would not be valuable in the developing world. Now 90 percent of farmers who benefit are resource-poor farmers… — Clive James
With an agenda dominated by global security and U.N. reform, it appears that the decisions needed to lift millions of people from abject poverty are… — Kumi Naidoo
We must begin by acknowledging that there is a complete absence of two things in Indian Society. One of these is equality. On the social… — B R Ambedkar
We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it… — Jane Goodall
I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. — Kirk Douglas
When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look at yourself as… — Ratan Tata
Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society. — Muhammad Yunus
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded â€” here and there, now and then â€”… — Robert A. Heinlein
The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is at… — Bill Gates

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