Illiteracy Quotes

72 Illiteracy quotes by 63 unique authors

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency. — Nicolas Sarkozy
It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening custom and tradition, of… — Jawaharlal Nehru
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. — Maya Angelou
In these days of widespread illiteracy, functional illiteracy... anything that keeps people stupid is a felony. — Harlan Ellison
there i was in late middle age, cut loose in a thoroughly looted, bankrupt nation whose assets had been sold off to foreigners, a nation… — Kurt Vonnegut
Maybe there is no better novel in the world than Denton Welch's In Youth Is Pleasure. Just holding it in my hands, so precious, so… — John Waters
The rich does not work for money, but money work for them...., While the poor work for money.Illiteracy, both in word and numbers, is the… — Robert Kiyosaki
Yes and I appreciate it. But this is going to be difficult enough without running my words through a filter of illiteracy. — Kevin Hearne
To those who care about punctuation, a sentence such as "Thank God its Friday" (without the apostrophe) rouses feelings not only of despair but of… — Lynne Truss
I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination. — Neil Gaiman
Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate. One doesn't need… — Alaa Al Aswany
Sensitivity to the immense needs of humanity brings with it a spontaneous rejection of the arms race, which is incompatible with the all out struggle… — Pope John Paul II
Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book is fundamental. — Sasha Grey
To pine for the days before public education became a practical reality is to pine for an America held back by mass ignorance and mass… — Timothy Noah
There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious… — Kailash Satyarthi
Sri Yukteswar showed no special consideration to those who happened to be powerful or accomplished; neither did he slight others for their poverty or illiteracy.… — Paramahansa Yogananda
The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism. Each of those wars has… — Bruce Jackson
Ignorance and illiteracy are obviously not synonymous; even illiterate masses can cast their ballots with intelligence, once they are informed. — William Orville Douglas
The hall-mark of American humor is its pose of illiteracy. — Ronald Knox
Illiteracy, both in words and numbers, is the foundation of financial struggle. — Salaudeen Babatunde
The worst form of illiteracy is not knowing how to read the signs of your creator. — Navaid Aziz
I hope someday we can stamp out illiteracy in America. Of course you'll have to kill alot of my relatives to do it. — Jeff Foxworthy

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