Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

My vision for the future? ... a world completely free from poverty. — Muhammad Yunus
Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives. — Bill Gates
As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition, and to… — Barack Obama
Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it is no longer needed. — Barack Obama
Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair,… — Ban Ki-moon
There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate. — John Kenneth Galbraith
While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also… — Dalia Mogahed
You don't have to get rich to have [fewer] children. It has happened across the world. — Hans Rosling
We get so little news about the developing world that we often forget that there are literally millions of people out there struggling to change… — Alex Steffen
We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is… — Alex Steffen
Connectivity is productivity - whether it's in a modern office or an underdeveloped village. — Iqbal Quadir
A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food. — Pearl S. Buck
When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political, or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry… — Desmond Tutu
The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known. Humanity cannot imagine the… — Federico Garcia Lorca
There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that God's word is… — John F. Kennedy
This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do… — Hubert H. Humphrey
There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire. If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain. Do something to… — Gina Rinehart
We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so that others may… — Ed Begley, Jr.
We're looking at the singular condition of poverty. All the other individual problems spring from that condition... doesn't matter if it's death, aid, trade, AIDS,… — Bob Geldof
No one who works for a living should live in poverty. — Edward Kennedy
Witnessing the extreme poverty in remote parts of Affrica can make you feel sad and powerless until you realize how little it takes to change… — John Legend
Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like… — Annie Lennox
Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world. — George C. Marshall
Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a… — George C. Marshall
Until it's understood to involve justice for those in poverty, a future for generations yet unborn, and a commitment to the rest of creation, it's… — Bill McKibben

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