Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

As liberals, men like Richter viewed socialism as the great modern counter-revolution, and believed that the achievement of the socialist goal would lead both to… — Ralph Raico
The essence of Africa's crises is fundamentally it's extreme poverty. — Jeffrey Sachs
We are close to a time when all of humankind will envision a global agenda that encompasses a kind of Global Marshall Plan to address… — Al Gore
It's not viable' for poverty stricken developing world to emulate prosperity of U.S. — Jerry Brown
My belief in the growth and permanence of democracy is undimmed. I know that the people will cast off the new dictatorship as they did… — Sylvia Pankhurst
For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but also by denial… — Kofi Annan
We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent the many conflicts… — Mary Robinson
We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty… — Nelson Mandela
Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is why… — Irene Khan
This treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is… — Frederick Seitz
Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely a matter of… — Navi Pillay
This problem will knock on the doors of all of us, whether through uncontrolled and unmanageable migration flows, by means of diseases and epidemics, as… — Unknown Author
It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have a feeling of… — Jose Mujica
Businesses just want to increase their profits; it's up to the government to make sure they distribute enough of those profits so workers have the… — Jose Mujica
[A]ffirmative action in the United States has made blacks. . .who have largely lifted themselves out of poverty, look like people who owe their rise… — Thomas Sowell
We need a race to the top so that we have policies and regulations that protect human rights, the environment and that reduce poverty. — Winnie Byanyima
No solution [to the problem of poverty] is so effective as providing income to the poor. Whether in the form of food, housing, health services,… — John Kenneth Galbraith
A short time ago the demagogues blamed capitalism for the poverty of the masses. Today they rather blame capitalism for the "affluence" that it bestows… — Ludwig von Mises
'Tis sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden rounds are our calamities, Whereon our firm feet planting, nearer God The spirit climbs, and hath… — James Russell Lowell
It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in poverty, and quick even in… — Giordano Bruno
If we want the whole world to be rich, we need to start loving wealth. In the difference between poverty and plenty, the problem is… — P.J. O'Rourke
The merits of deeper debt cancellation, when accompanied by conditions of accountability and transparency on the part of recipient countries, have been shown to generate… — John Ricard
Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks it is a… — Pope Francis
The deepest poverty is the inability of joy, the tediousness of a life considered absurd and contradictory. This poverty is widespread today, in very different… — Pope Benedict XVI
Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though… — John F. Kennedy

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