“We already have the material means to eradicate deep poverty and thereby eradicate hunger. We have the material means to begin the tremendous clean up of the environmental messes we’ve created. We have, I believe, the psychological, emotional and spiritual means to create a world without war. We have the material means to create a world in which unnecessary human suffering has been drastically diminished. My vision for the future is that we do those things. And I think we will.” ThinkingWorldBelieveHumansMeanHas BeensWarSpiritualSufferingI BelieveVisionPovertyEmotionalMaterialsCleanEnvironmentalHungerPsychologicalMessUnnecessaryHuman Suffering Author:Marianne Williamson
“Dream of a world where poverty is history, dream of a world where we don't spend those obscene billions on arms, knowing full well that a tiny fraction of those budgets of death would ensure that children everywhere had clean water to drink, could afford the cheap inoculations against preventable diseases, would have good schools, adequate healthcare and decent homes.” WorldWellsChildrenHomeDreamSchoolWaterPovertyKnowingArmsDrinkDiseaseCleanBillionsTinyBudgetsDecentHealthcareAdequateFractionsObsceneClean WaterGood School Author:Desmond Tutu
“The next most dangerous thing [after nuclear proliferation] is probably... global warming, and then, right behind that are overpopulation -- we need to get serious about family planning-and trying to alleviate poverty, to get clean, renewable energy, probably with solar panels to the billion and a half people in the world who don't have access to electricity.” PeopleWorldNeedsTryingNextEnergyBehindsHalfPovertyDangerousSeriousCleanAccessNuclearBillionsPlanningGlobal WarmingElectricityDangerous ThingsRenewable EnergyAbout FamilyProliferationAlleviateOverpopulationFamily PlanningNuclear ProliferationSolar Panels Author:Ted Turner
“Socialism's failure in the former Soviet Union and in the other socialist countries stands as a clean and unquestionable warning as to which path any rational and sane people should never follow again. Government planning brought poverty and ruin...Unfortunately, America is not absorbing the lessons that should be learned from the socialist experience and, instead, is following the same path of destruction.” PeopleShouldCountryGovernmentAmericaPovertyPathLessonsDestructionUnionsCleanFollowingPlanningSocialismRationalRuinsFormerWarningSovietSaneSocialistSoviet UnionAbsorbingSocialist Countries Author:Richard Ebeling
“Poverty feeds into the clean-water crisis, which contributes to hunger, and so on. There's undeniable interconnectivity among these issues. Just one of these problems can be deadly on its own, but in the most disadvantaged areas there is a perfect storm of problems. And it takes its greatest toll on children.” ChildrenProblemWaterPerfectPovertyIssuesAreasCrisisCleanHungerStormJust OneTollsClean WaterDisadvantagedPerfect StormWater Crisis Author:Matt Damon
“The way we treat animals is the root cause of all the human suffering in the world, from poverty, starvation, disease, and war to lack of clean air and water, not to mention all the varied forms of human emotional and spiritual suffering.” WorldWayHumansWarSpiritualFormSufferingCausesWaterAnimalPovertyAirEmotionalDiseaseRootsTreatsCleanStarvationHuman SufferingRoot CauseClean AirAir And Water Author:Sharon Gannon
“In other words: we can fight pollution and poverty at the same time, with the same method. We can beat global warming and the global recession at the same time, with the same method. We can do this by putting people to work re-powering America with clean energy.” PeopleAmericaFightingEnergyCan DoPovertyBeatsMethodCleanGlobal WarmingPollutionRecessionsClean Energy Author:Van Jones
“Owain crossed his arms over his chest. "I've gone straight. Only good, clean jobs for me now." "So, in other words," North said, "you're living in poverty?” SaidJobsPovertyGoneArmsCleanChests Author:Alexandra Bracken