Ending Hunger Quotes:

The day hunger disappears, the world will see the greatest spiritual explosion humanity has ever seen.

- Federico Garcia Lorca

topic: Spiritual, Humanity, World, World Hunger, Ending Hunger

The war against hunger is truly mankind's war of liberation.

- John F. Kennedy

topic: War, Justice, Hunger, Hunger Awareness, World Hunger

Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

- Aristophanes

topic: No Friends, Hunger, World Hunger, Ending Hunger

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

source: Second Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1937

topic: Money, History, Presidential, Social Progress, Presidents Day

Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice.

- Jacques Diouf

topic: Issues, Justice, Charity, Ending Hunger

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Witty, Humorous, Food, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger For Food

Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.

- Norman Borlaug

source: Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

topic: World, Moral, This World, Hunger For Food, World Hunger

There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Power, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty, Hunger Awareness, Global Economy

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

- Norman Borlaug

source: Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

topic: Justice, Adequate, Firsts, Hunger For Food, World Hunger

35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.

- Jeff Bridges

topic: Country, Children, War, Hunger Awareness, Hunger For Food

Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper...

- George McGovern

topic: Country, Brother, Responsibility, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Awareness

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

- Mother Teresa

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Yoga, Social Good, Hunger And Poverty

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

- Pearl Bailey

topic: Peace, People, African American, Hunger For Food, World Hunger

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Baby, Community, Milk, Hunger Awareness, World Hunger

Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.

- Martin Sheen

topic: Dream, Country, Children, Hunger In America, Ending Hunger

There will never cease to be ferment in the world unless people are sure of their food.

- Pearl S. Buck

topic: People, World, Food Banks, Hunger For Food, World Hunger

Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.

- Norman Borlaug

source: Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

topic: Gmos, Justice, Desire, Hunger For Food, World Hunger

One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.

- Jeff Bridges

topic: Art, America, Childhood, Ending Hunger

I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it's my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better...we must!

- Dolly Parton

topic: Dream, Country, Children, Hunger Awareness, Hunger In America

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

- Suzanne Collins

source: Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.21, Scholastic Inc.

topic: Movie, Odds, President Snow, Hunger For Food, Hunger Games Book

The American fast food diet and the meat eating habits of the wealthy around the world support a world food system that diverts food resources from the hungry. A diet higher in whole grains and legumes and lower in beef and other meat is not just healthier for ourselves but also contributes to changing the world system that feeds some people and leaves others hungry.

- Walden Bello

topic: People, Support, Beef, Hunger For Food, Hunger In America

We cannot stick our heads in the sand concerning the issue of hunger in America. Even though this subject seldom reaches the front page of our newspapers or is featured on news programs because of its lack of sensationalism, the problem exists in massive proportions and must be defeated.

- Bruce Davison

topic: America, Issues, News, Hunger In America, Ending Hunger

We are a country that prides itself on power and wealth, yet there are millions of children who go hungry every day. It is our responsibility, not only as a nation, but also as individuals, to get involved. So, next time you pass someone on the street who is in need, remember how lucky you are, and don't turn away.

- Lesley Boone

topic: Country, Children, Responsibility, Hunger For Food, Lucky You

If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.

- Buzz Aldrin

topic: Space, Childhood, Hunger, Hunger Awareness, Ending Hunger

There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry.

- Ed Asner

topic: World, Hunger, Hungry, Hunger Awareness, Hunger For Food

When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political, or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry person is bread.

- Desmond Tutu

topic: Jesus, People, Political, Hunger Awareness, Ending Hunger

Public charities, foodbanks and church pantries are doing more than ever before, but they can't keep up with the need. We can never end hunger only through the wonderful work of local charities. Like other Western democracies, we must end our national problem of hunger through national and political leadership. Charity is nice for some things, but not as a way to feed a nation. We don't protect our national security through charity, and we shouldn't protect our families and children that way either.

- Jeff Bridges

topic: Children, Nice, Inspiration, Hunger For Food, Pantry

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

source: Speech in Washington, 16 Apr. 1953, in Public Papers of Presidents 1953 (1960) p. 182

topic: Peace, Children, Military, Hunger And Poverty, Make Love Not War

A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food.

- Pearl S. Buck

topic: Men, Poverty, Hungry, Hunger For Food, Hunger In America

A hungry man is not a free man.

- Adlai E. Stevenson

source: "Hunger battle on food summit menu". www.cnn.com. June 10, 2002.

topic: Freedom, Men, Compassion, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Awareness

One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending hunger in America is a goal that is literally within our grasp.

- Jeff Bridges

topic: Differences, Knowing, America, Hunger Awareness, Hunger For Food

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

- Pearl S. Buck

topic: Sad, Men, Poverty, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Awareness

The fact is that there is enough food in the world for everyone. But tragically, much of the world's food and land resources are tied up in producing beef and other livestock-food for the well off-while millions of children and adults suffer from malnutrition and starvation.

- Walden Bello

topic: Children, Land, Suffering, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger For Food

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

- Nadine Gordimer

source: Nadine Gordimer (2012). “Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008”, p.121, A&C Black

topic: Truth, Hunger, Truth Is, Truth And Beauty, Classic Beauty

In this country that grows more food than any other nation on this earth, it is unthinkable that any child should go hungry.

- Sela Ward

topic: Country, Children, Earth, Hunger Awareness, Hunger For Food

America, which leads the world in so many ways, can end childhood hunger within its borders.

- Pierce Brosnan

topic: America, Childhood, World, Hunger For Food, Hunger In America

We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.

- Jimmy Carter

topic: Two, Long, Peaceful, Hunger Awareness, Peaceful World

Many people think that hunger is unavoidable in any society, even a society that is blessed with great abundance. That is not true. The European community does not have widespread hunger. America, which leads the world in so many ways, can end childhood hunger within its borders.

- Pierce Brosnan

topic: Blessed, Thinking, America, Hunger For Food, Hunger In America

Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.

- Dionne Warwick

topic: Inspiring, Mothers Day, Children, Ending Hunger, Positive Impact