Poor Countries Quotes

63 quotes by 52 authors

• The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on… — Omar Bongo
• Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in… — Bill Gates
• It turns out Cuba has this incredible healthcare system for a very poor country. — Michael Moore
• Let a man find himself, in distinction from others, on top of two wheels with a chain - at least in a poor country like… — Leon Trotsky
• Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries… — Desmond Tutu
• I used to work for the World Health Organisation in poor countries all over the world - Bangladesh, Korea, the Philippines and India. You learn… — Robert Winston
• This may be the one clear truth of the so-called border issue: Put a poor country next to a rich one and watch which way… — George Saunders
• More girls were killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men killed in all the wars in the 20th century.… — Nicholas D. Kristof
• People who live in poor countries have to be entrepreneurial even just to survive. — Ha-Joon Chang
• In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Listen to me: Life is not about principles; it`s about happiness.` `But if you don`t have any principles, and if you don`t have faith, you… — Orhan Pamuk
• Most problems in poor countries are locally generated even though international factors do play a role. — Andrew Mwenda
• Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed. — Iqbal Quadir
• During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show… — Iqbal Quadir
• In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless. — Adam Davidson
• By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world. Almost all countries will be what we now call lower-middle income or… — Bill Gates
• Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs. — Bill Gates
• In poor countries, we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services. They are the crucial link… — Bill Gates
• For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits in rich ones.… — Barton Gellman
• What is the Obama Doctrine? It seems to be one of disengagement, to try to ignore the hot, religious, dry, poor countries from Algeria to… — Richard Engel

Who Wrote These Poor Countries Quotes

52 authors contributed a total of 63 Poor Countries Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 5 Poor Countries Quotes by Bill Gates
• 3 Poor Countries Quotes by Nicholas D. Kristof
• 3 Poor Countries Quotes by Iqbal Quadir
• 2 Poor Countries Quotes by William J. Clinton
• 2 Poor Countries Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI
• 2 Poor Countries Quotes by Orhan Pamuk
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Philip Wollen
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by George Saunders
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Gunnar Myrdal
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Jeffrey Sachs
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Helen Clark
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Omar Bongo
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Desmond Tutu
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Robert Winston
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Ha-Joon Chang
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Andrew Mwenda
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Adam Davidson
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Barton Gellman
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Gary Bauer
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Richard Engel
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Mohammed Saleh
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Drew Barrymore
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by Douglas Casey
• 1 Poor Countries Quote by A. A. Gill