Home / Topics / Poverty Quotes

Poverty Quotes

Browse 6296 quotes about Poverty.

Poverty Quotes

“You can never have international peace as long as you have national poverty.”

Long Poverty International International Peace

Book:On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock : Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

Source: On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock : Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

“what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization?”

Long Faces Christianity Poverty Records Civilization Achievement Standards International

Author:Rose Macaulay

“It's a moral imperative, it's an economic imperative, and it is a security imperative. For we've seen how spikes in food prices can plunge millions into poverty, which, in turn, can spark riots that cost lives, and can lead to instability. And this danger will only grow if a surging global population isn't matched by surging food production. So reducing malnutrition and hunger around the world advances international peace and security - and that includes the national security of the United States.”

“Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions that can produce war, than previously.”

Important War Today Causes Poverty Conditions Produce International Deeper Tension Continuing Distress

Book:The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements

Source: The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements

“Easterly, a celebrated economist, presents one side in what has become an ongoing debate with fellow star-economist Jeffrey Sachs about the role of international aid in global poverty. Easterly argues that existing aid strategies have not and will not reduce poverty, because they don't seriously take into account feedback from those who need the aid and because they perpetuate western colonial tendencies.”

Needs Stars Sides Poverty Roles Accounts Fellows Strategy Western International Aids Arguing Debate Tendencies Economist Feedback Ongoing Global Poverty

Author:Amy Lockwood

“Today is International Women's Day, and there's a fantastic set of pieces running by an organization called ONE called "Poverty Is Sexist." It's a great way to quickly learn about what's actually going on for women in poverty around the world, and then do something about it.”

World Way Running Today Poverty Pieces Organization International Around The World Fantastic Sexist International Women's Day

Author:Melinda Gates

“It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity. Humiliation is the most underestimated force in international relations and in human relations. It is when people or nations are humiliated that they really lash out and engage in extreme violence.”

People Humans Force Nations Views Poverty Violence Dignity Relation International Extremes Terrorism Humiliation International Relations Human Relations Humiliated Lashes Underestimated

Author:Thomas Friedman