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Society Quotes by Muhammad Yunus
- We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact that we will…
- We believe that poverty does not belong in a civilized human society. It belongs in museums [...] A poverty-free world might not be perfect, but…
- Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong in their seeds. Simply, society never gave them the base to grow on. All it needs…
- But we have created a society that does not allow opportunities for those people to take care of themselves because we have denied them those…
- Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society.
- By simply capitalizing on core strengths and knowledge, companies and entrepreneurs can engage in an emerging business model that will enable them to create -…
- Grameen Bank was formed as an institution owned by its borrower members, who are poor women. Through its unique decision-making process, Grameen Bank has given…
- To overcome poverty and the flaws of the economic crisis in our society, we need to envision our social life. We have to free our…
- Once poverty is gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty continued so long in human…
- Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be.
- To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep flower pot, you…
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