Politics Quote by Yuval Noah Harari

“There are no longer natural famines in the world; there are only political famines. If people in Syria, Sudan or Somalia starve to death,…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“There are no longer natural famines in the world; there are only political famines.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

Famines are political. We all know that the immediate response to a famine must be food, aid, and shelter, but we should also look…

— Amber Rudd

“Famines are not natural disasters. Famines are man-made. Droughts happen from time to time. But in this century, for any drought to metastasize into…

— Jeffrey Gettleman

Famines occur under a colonial administration, like the British Raj in India or for that matter in Ireland, or under military dictators in one…

— Amartya Sen

“Famine isn’t unique to humans. All species are subject to it everywhere in the world. When the population of any species outstrips its food…

— Daniel Quinn

People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly clearly. Periodic famines are…

— David Attenborough

Famine is about so much more than food: it is about a famine of education, democracy, health, transport, and so many other items. The…

— Amber Rudd

Famine is a consequence of poverty.

— David Hepworth

Famine emerges from a lack of interlocal trade; when one locality's food crop fails, since there is virtually no trade with other localities, the…

— Murray Rothbard

The experience of Somalia shows that famine in the late 20th century is not a consequence of a shortage of food. On the contrary,…

— Michel Chossudovsky

When we talk about famine, people start listing, as I have, its many different elements. We must not let the complexity of the subject…

— Amber Rudd