Agendas Quote by Kumi Naidoo

Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes…

— Nelson Mandela

When you grow up in abject poverty, you see people exactly the way they are.

— Viola Davis

Poverty is a result of lack of opportunity. Lack of opportunity is about being without power, without being in a position to make choices.

— Winnie Byanyima

Poverty should not just be made an issue - there is need to actually work on it.

— Rajnath Singh

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

Even today we don't pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves…

— Muhammad Yunus

The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a percentage, is…

— Bill Gates

“unacceptable levels of poverty”

— Nathan Cole

Our efforts to help the poor does not mean we're going to eradicate poverty.

— Rick Warren

Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.

— Irwin Redlener

The trouble with poverty, as an issue, is that it has basically exhausted the patience of the general public.

— Paul Krugman

I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should…

— Joe Klein