“The millions currently trapped in poverty and despair are a tremendous untapped resource. Just think of what it would mean for America to gain full use of the talents and abilities of all her people. They would develop new innovations to improve our lives, or help build the next great American company.” PeopleThinkingMeanHelpingUseAmericaNextAbilityCompanyPovertyMillionsOur LivesTalentDespairGainsResourcesInnovationTrappedGreat AmericanTalents And Abilities Author:Marco Rubio
“You can't deny that religion has done some good. It organizes lots of anti-poverty programs and soup kitchens and missionary work. But I would say that, first of all, all those things can be accomplished without religion. You can be ethical, somebody who does the right thing without feeling that he has to in order to get his ass saved in the next life.” FirstsDoeDoneFeelingsOrderNextPovertyProgramDenySavedAssRight ThingKitchenAccomplishedEthicalMissionaryOrganizeSoupNext LifeMissionary WorkSoup Kitchens Author:Bill Maher
“An attitude of permanent indignation signifies great mental poverty. Politics compels it votaries to take that line and you can see their minds growing more impoverished every day, from one burst of righteous indignation to the next.” MindNextLinesAttitudePovertyGrowingPermanentGreat MenRighteousParliamentIndignationRighteous Indignation Author:Paul Valery
“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
“If we want to cure the things that threaten life, limb and even survival, we need to heal our sick political system. That is, not just to address our physical ailments, but the things that determine whether we're going to survive into the next century. That is war, climate change, poverty, etc. We've got to fix our politics.” IfsWantNeedsWarPoliticalNextPovertyCenturySurvivalSickClimateClimate ChangeDetermineHealCuresAddressesEtcLimbsPolitical SystemsAilments Author:Jill Stein
“Poverty is a big barrier if you are at the bottom layer of society, don't know where the next meal is coming from. It is not a big barrier of taking the rich with the poor in a big society to provide schooling for all.” IfsKnowsBigsNextPoorPovertyRichBottomMealsBarriersLayersSchooling Author:Amartya Sen
“When we go on about the big things, the political situation, global warming, world poverty, it all looks really terrible, with nothing getting better, nothing to look forward to. But when I think small, closer in - you know, a girl I've just met, or this song we're going to do with Chas, or snowboarding next month, then it looks great. So this is going to be my motto - think small.” ThinkingKnowsWorldLooksBigsPoliticalSongGirlNextSituationPovertyMonthsGoes OnTerribleMetsGet BetterGlobal WarmingMottoBig ThingsMy MottoSnowboardingWorld Poverty Author:Ian Mcewan
“What I did not know yet about hunger, but would find out over the next twenty-one years, was that brilliant theorists of economics do not find it worthwhile to spend time discussing issues of poverty and hunger. They believe that these will be resolved when general economic prosperity increases. These economists spend all their talents detailing the process of development and prosperity, but rarely reflect on the origin and development of poverty and hunger. A a result, poverty continues.” KnowsYearsBelieveNextProcessResultsPovertyIssuesEconomicTalentDevelopmentEconomicsIncreaseTwentiesHungerProsperityBrilliantWorthwhileEconomistSpend TimeDiscussingTwenty OneTheoristsEconomic Prosperity Author:Muhammad Yunus