Conditions Quote by Lester B. Pearson

Too many of the conflicts which are caused today are caused by the problems that emerge from people who are in poverty.

— James Wolfensohn

Lack of understanding of interrelatedness has caused numerous divisions and conflicts that are the cause of many major challenges in the world such as…

— Lobsang Tenzin

The challenge of ending displacement is inseparable from the challenge of establishing and maintaining peace. When wars end, farmers return to their fields; children…

— Kenneth Bacon

Although this crisis in some ways started in the United States, it is a global crisis. We bear a substantial share of the responsibility…

— Anonymous

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

— Harry S Truman

History is where tensions were.

— Howard Nemerov

We know what war means, and we know what poverty means. We need to develop a better model for reaching out to the world…

— Eliza Griswold

War is not the only form of violence imposed on people through inadequate social arrangements. There is also hunger, poverty and scarcity. The use…

— Jacque Fresco

Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.

— George C. Marshall

It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty.

— Oscar Arias

Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.

— Kofi Annan