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“Be present to those who, living in the midst of a society burdened by poverty and corruption, are broken in spirit, tempted to give up, to leave school and to live on the streets.”

Giving School Spirit Poverty Streets Broken Giving Up Corruption Midst Tempted

Book:Men of Mercy: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests

Source: Men of Mercy: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests

“It is true that so far as wealth gives time for ideal ends and exercise to ideal energies, wealth is better than poverty and ought to be chosen. But wealth does this in only a portion of the actual cases. Elsewhere the desire to gain wealth and the fear to lose it are our chief breeders of cowardice and propagators of corruption. There must be thousands of conjunctures in which a wealth-bound man must be a slave, whilst a man for whom poverty has no terrors becomes a freeman.”

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experience

“There are major disappointments with the outcomes of Solidarity: corruption, and major pockets of economic backwardness and even poverty. By and large, though, if there were a choice between the life Poles led in the 1970s and 1980s and now, nobody but a lunatic would say they wanted to have back what they had before.”

Ifs Wanted Choices Poverty Economic Majors Majority Disappointment Corruption Outcomes Pockets Solidarity Lunatic

Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski

“Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it. The two scourges feed off each other, locking their populations in a cycle of misery. Corruption must be vigorously addressed if aid is to make a real difference in freeing people from poverty.”

People Ifs Wells Two Real Causes Differences Poverty Majors Overcoming Misery Population Corruption Aids Barriers Cycles Scourge Causes Of Poverty

Author:Peter Eigen

“There is evil poured upon the earth from the overflowings of corruption-- Sickness, and poverty, and pain, and guilt, and madness, and sorrow; But, as the water from a fountain riseth and sinketh to its level, Ceaselessly toileth justice to equalize the lots of men.”

Men Earth Pain Evil Water Justice Levels Poverty Sorrow Madness Guilt Corruption Sickness Fountain

Author:William Hazlitt

“When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption.”

Looks Poor Poverty Conflict Resources Prejudice Competition Injustice Corruption Rooted Governance

Author:Desmond Tutu

“It would take little more than $50 billion to raise every poor person above the official poverty line, yet the percentage of the population classified as poor hardly budges, while annual welfare spending amounts to four times that much. Where's the money going?”

Littles Persons Lines Poor Poverty Four Amount Economics Raises Population Corruption Spending Billions Welfare Officials Percentages Annuals

Author:Robert Higgs

“He who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption.”

Poor Poverty Corruption Invites Dependence Extravagant Extravagance

Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes..

Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes..

“Congress Mukt Bharat BJP ka naara nahi hai, jan jan ka sankalp hai. Be it dynasty politics, nepotism, corruption, communalism, divisions in society or poverty, getting freedom from all this is what I mean by a Congress Mukt Bharat.”

Mean Politics Poverty India Congress Corruption Division Dynasty Nepotism Bharat Bjp Communalism

Author:Narendra Modi

“Corruption is Africa's greatest problem. Not poverty. Not lack of riches. Not racism.”

Problem Poverty Racism Corruption Riches

Book:Dennis Prager: Volume I

Source: Dennis Prager: Volume I

“Technology transforms people's lives. From mitigating poverty to simplifying processes, ending corruption to providing better services, Technology is omnipresent. It has become the single-most important instrument of human progress.”

People Humans Important Process Poverty Technology Progress India Instruments Corruption Providing Information Technology Human Progress

Author:Narendra Modi

“Moyo, a Zambia-born economist, asserts that aid is not only ineffective-it's harmful. Her argument packs a strong punch because she was born and raised in Africa. Moyo believes aid money promotes the corruption of governments and the dependence of citizens, and advocates that an investment approach will do more to help reduce poverty than aid ever could.”

Believe Helping Government Strong Born Poverty Citizens Approach Argument Investment Raised Corruption Aids Packs Dependence Economist Born And Raised Zambia

Author:Amy Lockwood

“Capitalism, the ogre of those protesting Wall Street, has suffered a public relations crisis in the wake of the global economic collapse. But any remedy to the systemic corruption that led to the collapse should not displace recognition that capitalism creates wealth. Capitalism, and no other economic system, has raised millions from poverty around the world.”

“Our foremost priority is the removal of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, disease and illiteracy. All social welfare programmes must be implemented efficiently. Agencies involved in the delivery of services should have a strong sense of duty and work in a transparent, corruption-free, time-bound and accountable manner.”

“The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people.”

People Trying May Lasts Young Winning Poverty Solutions Election Israel Corruption Oppression Organized Chickens Stem Uprising Solutions To Poverty

Author:Shimon Peres