Absolutes Quote by Mary Robinson

I see a violation of human rights not in the mere fact that people don't have enough to eat and that they are very…

— Thomas Pogge

...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

Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is…

— Irene Khan

The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of…

— Nelson Mandela

Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of…

— Daisaku Ikeda

“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

“Human rights are being violated on every continent. More people are oppressed than free. How can one not be sensitive to their plight? Human…

— Elie Wiesel

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

— Muhammad Yunus

“Fundamentally, poverty is a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in…

— Dean Karlan

“Because of our interconnectedness we all know that extreme poverty and exclusionary practices are violations against the basic dignity of people.”

— Bryant McGill

“…poverty is not interesting, either to the poor or to the rich. It is the curse of the decent poor to be so utterly…

— Earl Shorris

That term, 'human rights', makes me ill.Human rights are only for 'humans', therefore for the West. And for the rest of the Planet: there,…

— Andre Vltchek