“With an agenda dominated by global security and U.N. reform, it appears that the decisions needed to lift millions of people from abject poverty are not being given the prominence they deserve.” PeopleGivenDecisionPovertyMillionsSecurityNeededDeserveReformLiftsAgendasProminence Author:Kumi Naidoo
“With my union project in my hand, from town to town, from one end of France to the other, to talk to the workers who do not know how to read and to those who do not have the time to read....I will go find them in their workshops; in their garrets and even, if needed, in their taverns, and there, face to face with their poverty, I will compel them, in spite of themselves, to escape from this frightful poverty which is degrading and killing them.” IfsKnowsEndsHandsFacesPovertyKnow HowNeededProjectsTownsUnionsWorkersKillingFranceSpiteFace To FaceWorkshopsDegradingTaverns Author:Flora Tristan
“As I looked at material and spiritual poverty in the world around me, including approximately 2 billion people who haven't even heard the gospel, I knew that I needed to make some major changes in my life.” PeopleWorldSpiritualPovertyHeardHavensMaterialsNeededMajorsIncludingBillionsChanging My LifeMajor Change Author:David Platt
“Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.” NeedsGivenPovertyNeededPhilosophicalCatholicCharityHungerHippoInspirational CharityHelping Others In NeedHunger Awareness Author:Saint Augustine
“I had several teachers who inspired me, in both the public school system and the Upward Bound program. I needed several, because I lived in such abject poverty and dysfunction. And they're still in my life today, because I consider them to be friends, actually.” StillsTodaySchoolPovertyTeacherNeededProgramInspiredBoundsPublic SchoolSchool SystemDysfunction Author:Viola Davis
“I've said that, that I've felt like as Christians and particularly even as Republicans, we needed to address issues that touched the broader perspective, and that included disease, hunger, poverty, homelessness, the environment.” SaidChristianFeltPovertyIssuesEnvironmentPerspectiveNeededRepublicanDiseaseHungerAddressesTouchedHomelessnessHunger Poverty Author:Mike Huckabee
“Our people are dying, poverty and unemployment are on the rise, but the rest of the world says that Musharraf is needed because [only] he can stop nuclear proliferation, [only] he [can launch] an operation in the tribal areas. So he manipulates and dangles some kind of carrot in front of the world all the time. This is not good for the people [of Pakistan], and I think the world has got it all wrong.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindPovertyDyingFrontsNeededAreasNuclearOperationsUnemploymentPakistanManipulateCarrotsProliferationNuclear ProliferationMusharraf Author:Benazir Bhutto
“No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me off in another direction -- toward anarchy and poverty and craziness. That maddening delusion that a man can lead a decent life without hiring himself out as a Judas Goat.” MenMatterWantedPovertyNeededCurrentsDecentDelusionPushingAnarchyHiringGoatsCrazinessJudasDevilishDecent Life Book:The Rum Diary: Film Tie-in Edition Source: The Rum Diary: Film Tie-in Edition