“Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.” WarHumanityPovertyMilitaryCrossesCloudsIronGreat WarHanging OnFree GovernmentWorld PovertyGreat MilitaryMilitary SoldierWar On PovertyMilitary BudgetMilitary Weapons Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Instead of concentrating on the war against poverty, global attention is focused on another kind of slaughter - on something that is intangible and yet being tackled by all the possible military means we can muster. And all the lofty declarations by world leaders about combatting poverty that were lauded by the General Assembly turned out to be damp squibs.” WorldKindMeanWarAttentionLeaderPovertyMilitaryFocusedDeclarationAssemblySlaughterLoftyConcentratingIntangibleWorld LeaderDampMusterGeneral Assembly Author:Muhammad Yunus
“Military inclusion has never been a central demand from trans populations, who consistently name criminalization, immigration enforcement, poverty and joblessness as top priorities.” NamesPovertyMilitaryDemandPopulationPrioritiesImmigrationInclusionConsistentlyEnforcementJoblessnessTransTop Priorities Author:Dean Spade
“More than poverty, more than degree of education, religion, access to natural resources, even degree of democracy - violence against females is the biggest indicator of whether a country will be violent in itself or be willing to use military violence against another country.” CountryUseNaturalPovertyDemocracyViolenceMilitaryWillingDegreesResourcesFemaleAccessViolentNatural ResourcesIndicators Author:Gloria Steinem
“The collective shortfall of the 3.08 billion people (47 percent of world population) who, in 2005, lived below $2.50 per day was $507 billion per annum, which indeed comes to about two-thirds of the present US military budget. This gives us a rough sense of how much the eradication of poverty would cost.” PeopleWorldGivingTwoPovertyMilitaryCostPercentThirdsPopulationBillionsBudgetsCollectivesRoughWorld PopulationUs MilitaryMilitary Budget Author:Thomas Pogge
“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.” InspirationalDesireEasyFreedomWalksInspiringPovertySuccessfulMilitaryShadowUpliftingLiberationValleysSuccessful PeopleAgain And AgainEncouragingMemorial DayWords Of EncouragementAbsolute FreedomLong Walk To FreedomBreaking FreeShadow Of DeathEducation And FreedomInspirational FreedomUltimate FreedomValley Of Death Author:Nelson Mandela