“There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.” Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith
“While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also felt less and less provided for.” PeopleMadeLeftFeltPovertyRichEconomicDevelopmentEgyptEconomic Development Author:Dalia Mogahed
“We get so little news about the developing world that we often forget that there are literally millions of people out there struggling to change things to be fairer, freer, more democratic, less corrupt.” PeopleWorldLittlesForgetPovertyMillionsStruggleNewsDemocraticDeveloping Author:Alex Steffen
“We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is possible.” WorldWellsHomeRealityPoliticalPovertyIndiaCraftsAfghanistanPakistanAnother WorldKenya Author:Alex Steffen
“Connectivity is productivity - whether it's in a modern office or an underdeveloped village.” PovertyModernOfficeProductivityVillage Author:Iqbal Quadir
“A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food.” MenPovertyHungerHungryWorld HungerEnding HungerHungry ManHunger For FoodFood BanksHunger In America Author:Pearl S. Buck
“When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.” PeoplePersonsSaidPoliticalJesusSocialPovertyNewsHungerHungryBreadGood NewsWorld HungerEnding HungerHunger Awareness Author:Desmond Tutu
“The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known. Humanity cannot imagine the joy that will burst into the world.” WorldEarthSpiritualJoyHumanityKnownPovertyImagineHungerExplosionsWorld Hunger Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that God's word is giving us today: everyone concerned for the hungry, the naked, the poor, for those who have vanished in police custody, for the tortured, for prisoners, for all flesh that suffers, has God close at hand. We have the ability, we have the means, and we have the capacity to eliminate hunger from the face of the earth. We need only the will.” IfsNeedsGivingMeanHandsTodayEarthFacesSufferingAbilityPoorPovertyJudgingCapacityConcernedPoliceHungerFleshHungryNakedPrisonerFar AwayCustody Author:John F. Kennedy
“This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do it. We can banish hunger from the face of the earth.” FirstsMeanWisdomEarthFacesCan DoPovertyGenerationsHungerWitCan Do SomethingScourge Author:Hubert H. Humphrey
“There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire. If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain. Do something to make more money yourself - spend less time drinking, or smoking and socializing and more time working.” IfsPovertyBecomingDrinkingComplainingSmokingMore TimeJealousMore MoneyMonopolyMillionaireSocializingGina Author:Gina Rinehart