Actual Quote by Ricardo Salinas Pliego

Rather than improving the wealth of their own nation, the Mexican government encourages its poor to come to the U.S. and send money home.

— Timothy Murphy

I am convinced that all this poverty in Mexico and in Latin America, like it's happening in China is the opportunity to grow. It's…

— Carlos Slim

Many of the problems of poverty and need are really problems of physical infrastructure: not enough hospitals, too few schools, insufficient roads, bridges, and…

— Naveen Jain

“Through their donations and work for voluntary organizations, the charitable rich exert enormous influence in society. As philanthropists, they acquire status within and outside…

— Teresa Odendahl

Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.

— Melinda Gates

There is one kind of charity common enough among us... It is that patchwork philanthropy which clothes the ragged, feeds the poor, and heals…

— Jamsetji Tata

Mexico is a pretty poor country, but they are maintaining a free, high quality public education system, not for everyone of course but pretty…

— Noam Chomsky

While governments are not off the hook, the charity world needs to innovate and find new ways to attract outside investment to boost our…

— Craig Kielburger

There are many commitments I have made for reducing poverty. One is to reform social security. Social security reaches only 44 percent of Mexicans.…

— Enrique Pena Nieto

Today, we don't blink an eye when the world's wealthiest individuals donate enormous sums of money to charitable causes. In fact, we expect them…

— Peter Diamandis

We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how…

— Katherine Boo

There's a long history of subsidized philanthropy - particularly in the USA - and again the public has come to expect corporations to play…

— Ravida Din