Poor Countries Quotes

• We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Country, Political, Mind

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.92, Beacon Press

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• Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  Country, Abortion, Literature

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• It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions, the rich and the poor, countries and continents.

  Nursultan Nazarbayev

  Country, War, Media

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• Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

  Rand Paul

  Country, Rich Countries, People

  "Rand Paul: Foreign Aid Goes From Poor People In Rich Countries To Rich People In Poor Countries". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 3, 2013.

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• In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

  Confucius

  Country, Countries Of The World, Government

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• When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.

  Gary Bauer

  Country, Moving, America

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• By 2035, there will be almost no poor countries left in the world.

  Bill Gates

  Country, World, Poor

  "Against Excellence" by Jack Stilgoe, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2014.

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• The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.

  Omar Bongo

  Country, Reflection, September 11

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• Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.

  George McGovern

  Country, Brother, Responsibility

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• Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.

  Desmond Tutu

  Country, Lying, Islands

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• Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.

  Bill Gates

  Country, Zero, Average

  "Innovating to zero!". TED conference, www.ted.com. February 2010.

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  Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.

  Ron Paul

  Country, Rich Countries, Giving

  Ron Paul (2008). “Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private Property”, p.342, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• More girls were killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men killed in all the wars in the 20th century. More girls are killed in this routine gendercide in any one decade than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the 20th century. The equivalent of 5 jumbo jets worth of women die in labor each day... life time risk of maternal death is 1,000x higher in a poor country than in the west. That should be an international scandal.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  Girl, Country, War

  "Half The Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide". Book by Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 8, 2008.

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• I don't like dealing with money transactions in poor countries. I get confused between the feeling that I shouldn't haggle with poverty and getting ripped off

  Alex Garland

  Country, Travel, Confused

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• Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources.

  Iqbal Quadir

  Country, Poor, Resources

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• The growing use of biofuel will be an inestimable contribution to the generation of income, social inclusion and reduction of poverty in many poor countries of the world.

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

  Country, Countries Of The World, Income

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• A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to the privileged elites of another country. As someone once said: foreign aid is when the poor people of a rich country give money to the rich people of a poor country.

  Michael Parenti

  Country, Rich Countries, People

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• If the level and amount of consumption and waste of the western rich countries ever reaches the poor countries, it will mean the end of humanity. The big world corporations are busy doing it...The production, selling, consumption, accumulation, wastes' and advertisement explosions in the western rich countries and the continued population explosion in the poor countries will turn into major catastrophes.

  Robert Muller

  Country, Mean, Rich Countries

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• Aid is the process by which the poor in rich countries subsidize the rich in poor countries.

  Peter Thomas Bauer

  Country, Rich Countries, Challenges

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• I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake.

  William J. Clinton

  Country, Grateful, Earthquakes

  "Transcript: Bill Clinton's Democratic Convention Speech". abcnews.go.com. September 5, 2012.

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• The interesting thing is, everybody focuses on the global warming as an environmental issue, as something outside our daily lives. But actually the impact of global warming is with us today. Communities are suffering. Communities in poor countries are the ones paying the price, they are not the ones who are polluting, and we need to help them adapt.

  Kofi Annan

  Country, Issues, Impact

  Source: www.global-leaders.tv

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• This may be the one clear truth of the so-called border issue: Put a poor country next to a rich one and watch which way the traffic flows. Add impediments, the traffic endeavors to flow around them. Eilimate disparity. the traffic stops.

  George Saunders

  Country, Issues, Borders

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• Listen to me: Life is not about principles; it`s about happiness.` `But if you don`t have any principles, and if you don`t have faith, you can`t be happy at all,` said Kadife. `That`s true. But in a brutal country like ours, where human life is cheap, it`s stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries.` `Actually, it`s the other way round. In a poor country, people`s sole consolation comes from their beliefs.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Country, Stupid, Rich Countries

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• In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Country, Promise, Corporations

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.90, Random House

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• People who live in poor countries have to be entrepreneurial even just to survive.

  Ha-Joon Chang

  Country, People, Poor

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