Ending Poverty Quotes

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.

Nelson Mandela

Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty, Justice

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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.

Thomas Jefferson

Men, Animal, Economic Inequality

Letter to Colonel Edward Carrington, 16 January 1787

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Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease.

Roger Moore

Frustrated, Poverty, Violence

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You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

P. J. O'Rourke

Giving Money, People, Libertarian

P.J. O'Rourke (1991). “PARLIAMENT OF WHORES A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”

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With poverty everything becomes frightful.

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

Poverty

"Satires (Satire 8)". Book by Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, 1716.

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The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger, and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort, understanding and the development of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.

Dalai Lama

God, Peace, Responsibility

The 14th Dalai Lama's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1989.

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At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development.

Jeffrey Sachs

Feet, Keys, Ladders

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Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Pearl S. Buck

Sad, Men, Hunger And Poverty

Pearl S. Buck (2012). “The Good Earth”, p.154, Open Road Media

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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Men, Race, Land

The Souls of Black Folk ch. 1 (1903)

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We must live more simply so that the poor may simply live.

Ted Trainer

May, Poverty, Poor

F. E. Trainer, Ted Trainer (1996). “Towards a Sustainable Economy: The Need for Fundamental Change”, Jon Carpenter Publishing

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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

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An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.

Plutarch

Freedom, Tyrants, Economic Inequality

"When Inequality Isn't" by John Mauldin, www.forbes.com. March 29, 2014.

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Live simply so that others may simply live.

Mahatma Gandhi

Spiritual, Simple, Diversity

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Poverty is not natural; it is man-made

Nelson Mandela

Love, Life, Family

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it.

Kofi Annan

Time, Rights, Humanity

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There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.

Mahatma Gandhi

Power, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty

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There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty

Andrew Cuomo

Money, War, Poverty

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

Kofi Annan

Family, Community, Political

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Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.

Kofi Annan

Poverty, Prowess, Threat

"What’s Poverty Got to Do With It?" by Freeman Osonuga, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 22, 2013.

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Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

Nelson Mandela

Men, Justice, Overcoming

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, . . . neither persons nor property will be safe.

Frederick Douglass

Ignorance, Justice, Black History

Speech on the twenty-fourth anniversary of emancipation in the District of Columbia,Washington, D.C., Apr. 1886

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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .

Nelson Mandela

Justice, Overcoming, Fundamentals

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so that others may simply live.

Ed Begley, Jr.

Simplicity, Needs, May

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The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.

George Bernard Shaw

Evil, Poverty, Crime

Major Barbara (1907) preface

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Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone's head.

George Bernard Shaw

Civilization, Poverty, Danger

George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Major Barbara”, p.12, Courier Corporation

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