Fragile Quote by Hilary Benn

The first world is going to have to account for this sort of horrible poverty in our midst. We have to, first of all,…

— Martin Sheen

“Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society. For…

— Muhammad Yunus

The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better…

— Nelson Mandela

Whether it is under the guise of survival and self-defence or directly expressed through dominion and greed, the failure to recognize the common humanity…

— Dalai Lama

For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty…

— Ibrahim Babangida

Poverty is a horrible, bedeviling force that invades and infects every aspect of our lives and communities - our homes, our pantries, our schools,…

— Wes Moore

“We call a civilized world when all its inhabitants live in peace, harmony, and happiness, lovingly sharing all the resources of the planet. Therefore,…

— Caro Briones

Poverty is rooted in injustice.

— Winnie Byanyima

The Global Poverty Project's mission is to stand up for the world's poorest people. We fight for the full funding of Millennium Development Goals…

— Hugh Evans

We need to create a world that is equitable, that is stable and a world where we bear in mind the needs of others,…

— Kofi Annan

I strongly believe that we can create a poverty-free world, if we want to.... In that kind of world, [the] only place you can…

— Muhammad Yunus

...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human…

— Kofi Annan