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Poverty Quotes

The huge turnout for Live 8 here and around the world proves that thanks to the leadership from people like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown the world is beginning to demand more action on global health and poverty Picture Quote #1

Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference Picture Quote #1

By 2030, just a small percentage of the global population will live in poverty Picture Quote #1

I’m not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn’t keep me up at night Picture Quote #1

I just don’t think that the differences you make by donating to a museum or an art gallery really compare to the differences you make by donating to the charities that fight global poverty Picture Quote #1

We may believe in the state’s responsibility to alleviate the crushing poverty that afflicts 40 percent of Latin America’s population, but most of us also affirm that there is no better cure for that poverty than a stronger, more globally integrated economy Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Today’s youth will determine if we’re going to fail or succeed in ending global poverty by 2030 Picture Quote #1

In other words: we can fight pollution and poverty at the same time, with the same method. We can beat global warming and the global recession at the same time, with the same method. We can do this by putting people to work re-powering America with clean energy Picture Quote #1

I’m a God-fearing man, and I know the only reason why I am here going from poverty to where I am now is God has His hand on my life. I tell people, ‘I didn’t choose acting; God chose me to act.’ Picture Quote #1

How could God allow cancer, poverty, the sheer unfairness of so many lives? Picture Quote #1

We may excuse the spiritual poverty of our preaching in many ways, but the true secret will be found in the lack of urgent prayer for God’s presence in the power of the Holy Spirit Picture Quote #1

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If you’re raised with a poverty mentality, nothing is going to change it. I do know some really stingy billionaires. I come from such a generation of hand-to-mouthers Picture Quote #1

Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat., Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.] Picture Quote #1

Charity should be self-sustainable. That is, it should create more wealth rather than perpetuating the cycle of poverty and dependence. In this sense, the best form of charity would be providing quality education for children and more importantly, building a good character in them Picture Quote #1

A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions Picture Quote #1

Poverty and backwardness in the midst of clear waters and verdant mountains is no good, nor is it to have prosperity and wealth while the environment deteriorates Picture Quote #1

It’s pretty obvious that Western lifestyles which rely on gigantic amounts of electricity use up far more resources than a subsistence-based life. A little more poverty would be a good thing Picture Quote #1

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We know that there are several predisposing factors to gun violence: poverty, lack of education, lack of good parenting, lack of jobs, living in an environment where violence is seen every day, all the time. And children being born to children are likely to have all of these predisposing factors Picture Quote #1

$Dream of a world where poverty is history, dream of a world where we don’t spend those obscene billions on arms, knowing full well that a tiny fraction of those budgets of death would ensure that children everywhere had clean water to drink, could afford the cheap inoculations against preventable diseases, would have good schools, adequate healthcare and decent homes Picture Quote #1$

For too long, we’ve attached some mythic notion to government solutions, and yet, 40 years after we began the War on Poverty, poverty still abounds Picture Quote #1

I believe the quickest and most sure way to reduce poverty, raise living standards and create jobs around the world is to make economies and governments more open and free, thereby encouraging business and entrepreneurship Picture Quote #1

I think the Eritrean government is aware that any full-scale invasion of Ethiopia along the lines of 1998 could turn out to be suicidal... And we will not respond to any provocation short of all-out invasion. We are already engaged in a much more fruitful war - against poverty Picture Quote #1

Long before they slump into poverty, great powers succumb to a poverty of ambition Picture Quote #1

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What I find so interesting is, Herbert Hoover in August 1928 said no country in the world was closer to abolishing poverty than the United States. And then, of course, we had the Great Depression Picture Quote #1

I’ve learned so much through life. Starting off in Asia, the cultures, the people you meet, the poverty you see. It’s been a great education for me, and I’ve loved every minute of it Picture Quote #1

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil Picture Quote #1

The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty - it is the effectiveness of the teacher Picture Quote #1

The city (of Vienna) had an unerring tradition of celebrating some of it’s greatest composers after it had around them to die in poverty Picture Quote #1

Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest Picture Quote #1

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The huge turnout for Live 8 here and around the world proves that thanks to the leadership from people like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown the world is beginning to demand more action on global health and poverty. (Poverty Quotes) Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference (Poverty Quotes) By 2030, just a small percentage of the global population will live in poverty (Poverty Quotes) I’m not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn’t keep me up at night. (Poverty Quotes) I just don’t think that the differences you make by donating to a museum or an art gallery really compare to the differences you make by donating to the charities that fight global poverty. (Poverty Quotes) We may believe in the state’s responsibility to alleviate the crushing poverty that afflicts 40 percent of Latin America’s population, but most of us also affirm that there is no better cure for that poverty than a stronger, more globally integrated economy. (Poverty Quotes) 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. (Poverty Quotes) Today’s youth will determine if we’re going to fail or succeed in ending global poverty by 2030 (Poverty Quotes) In other words: we can fight pollution and poverty at the same time, with the same method. We can beat global warming and the global recession at the same time, with the same method. We can do this by putting people to work re-powering America with clean energy. (Poverty Quotes) I’m a God-fearing man, and I know the only reason why I am here going from poverty to where I am now is God has His hand on my life. I tell people, ‘I didn’t choose acting; God chose me to act.’ (Poverty Quotes) How could God allow cancer, poverty, the sheer unfairness of so many lives? (Poverty Quotes) We may excuse the spiritual poverty of our preaching in many ways, but the true secret will be found in the lack of urgent prayer for God’s presence in the power of the Holy Spirit. (Poverty Quotes) If you’re raised with a poverty mentality, nothing is going to change it. I do know some really stingy billionaires. I come from such a generation of hand-to-mouthers. (Poverty Quotes) Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace. [Lat., Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula.] (Poverty Quotes) Charity should be self-sustainable. That is, it should create more wealth rather than perpetuating the cycle of poverty and dependence. In this sense, the best form of charity would be providing quality education for children and more importantly, building a good character in them. (Poverty Quotes) A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions (Poverty Quotes) Poverty and backwardness in the midst of clear waters and verdant mountains is no good, nor is it to have prosperity and wealth while the environment deteriorates. (Poverty Quotes) It’s pretty obvious that Western lifestyles which rely on gigantic amounts of electricity use up far more resources than a subsistence-based life. A little more poverty would be a good thing. (Poverty Quotes) We know that there are several predisposing factors to gun violence: poverty, lack of education, lack of good parenting, lack of jobs, living in an environment where violence is seen every day, all the time. And children being born to children are likely to have all of these predisposing factors. (Poverty Quotes) 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. (Poverty Quotes) For too long, we’ve attached some mythic notion to government solutions, and yet, 40 years after we began the War on Poverty, poverty still abounds. (Poverty Quotes) I believe the quickest and most sure way to reduce poverty, raise living standards and create jobs around the world is to make economies and governments more open and free, thereby encouraging business and entrepreneurship. (Poverty Quotes) I think the Eritrean government is aware that any full-scale invasion of Ethiopia along the lines of 1998 could turn out to be suicidal... And we will not respond to any provocation short of all-out invasion. We are already engaged in a much more fruitful war - against poverty. (Poverty Quotes) Long before they slump into poverty, great powers succumb to a poverty of ambition (Poverty Quotes) What I find so interesting is, Herbert Hoover in August 1928 said no country in the world was closer to abolishing poverty than the United States. And then, of course, we had the Great Depression. (Poverty Quotes) I’ve learned so much through life. Starting off in Asia, the cultures, the people you meet, the poverty you see. It’s been a great education for me, and I’ve loved every minute of it. (Poverty Quotes) All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. (Poverty Quotes) The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty - it is the effectiveness of the teacher. (Poverty Quotes) The city (of Vienna) had an unerring tradition of celebrating some of it’s greatest composers after it had around them to die in poverty. (Poverty Quotes) Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest. (Poverty Quotes)

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