“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.” MenEarthPainEvilWaterJusticeLevelsPovertySorrowMadnessGuiltCorruptionSicknessFountain Author:William Hazlitt
“Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall...his fortune melted to water.” FallWaterPovertySunFortuneIceRays Author:Ihara Saikaku
“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.” PeopleProblemFightingEnergyGrowthWaterPovertyEconomicSecurityPlanetsSolutionsEmpowermentClimateClimate ChangeSavingOur PlanetEconomic GrowthLiftingAdvancingDotsShortageScarcityHealth FoodFood SecurityGlobal PovertyGlobal HealthEconomic EmpowermentSolutions To PovertyEconomic Climate Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Our world is one of terrible contradictions. Plenty of food, but one billion people go hungry. Lavish lifestyles for a few, but poverty for too many others. Huge advances in medicine while mothers die every day in childbirth, and children die every day from drinking dirty water. Billions spent on weapons to kill people instead of keeping them safe.” PeopleWorldChildrenMotherDiesWaterPovertyHugeTerribleSafeWeaponsMedicineDrinkingBillionsLifestyleHungryPlentyDirtyContradictionOur WorldChildbirthDirty WaterLavish Lifestyle Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Development is a fundamental part of our national security. It is extreme poverty - the realities of access to water and food - which creates the long-term drivers of our insecurity. Most wars are fought over scarce resources, and that is going to accelerate in the future.” LongWarRealityTermWaterPovertySecurityDevelopmentResourcesFundamentalsExtremesAccessLong TermInsecurityDriversNational SecurityScarceAccelerateExtreme PovertyScarce ResourcesAccess To Water Author:Rajiv Shah
“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