Edward de Bono Quotes About Poverty

Quotes about: Poverty

• Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That's a rate of 7,256 children's lives saved each day. ... It drives me nuts that most people don't seem to know this news.

  Edward de Bono

  Motivation, Children, Inspiration

  "The good news on poverty (Yes, there's good news)". The TED Interview, www.ted.com. February, 2013.

• This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . .

  Edward de Bono

  War, Inspiration, Justice

• Do we have the will to make poverty history?

  Edward de Bono

  Poverty

  "Brain drain must stop if poor countries are to be helped" by Larry Elliott, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2004.

• It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the world's leaders won't act unless they hear enough people telling them. And every day they fail to act, thousands of people die because they can't afford the basics of survival.

  Edward de Bono

  Country, People, Leader

• Everywhere I go, I see very much the same thing. I see the same compassion for people who live half a world away. I see the same concern about events beyond these borders. And, increasingly, I see the same conviction that we can and we must join together to stop the scourge of AIDS and poverty.

  Edward de Bono

  Compassion, People, Together

• This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . . In these disturbing and distressing times, surely it's cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than it is to defend yourself against them..Justice is the surest way to get peace.

  Edward de Bono

  War, Justice, Enemy

• On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn't about charity, it's about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.

  Edward de Bono

  Ideas, Justice, Hypocrisy

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