Global Poverty Quotes:

Poverty is not natural; it is man-made

- Nelson Mandela

source: Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

topic: Love, Life, Family, Apartheid, World Poverty

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Inspirational, Peace, Poverty, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .

- Nelson Mandela

source: Twitter post from Jan 21, 2016

topic: Justice, Fundamentals, Charity, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty

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

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

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

- Nelson Mandela

source: Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

topic: Men, Justice, Slavery, Long Walk To Freedom, Apartheid

Live simply so that others may simply live.

- Mahatma Gandhi

topic: Spiritual, Diversity, Christian Inspirational, Simple Things, Living A Simple Life

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

- P. J. O'Rourke

source: P.J. O'Rourke (1991). “PARLIAMENT OF WHORES A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government”

topic: Giving Money, People, Libertarian, Poor People, Global Poverty

Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment to bringing about an end to global poverty.

- Nelson Mandela

topic: Country, Commitment, Justice, Developed Country, Global Poverty

Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction, when millions are starving. And yet, just a fraction of what is expended so obscenely on defense budgets would make the difference in enabling God's children to fill their stomachs, be educated, and given the chance to lead fulfilled and happy lives.

- Desmond Tutu

source: Desmond Tutu's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1984.

topic: Children, Real, Educational, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty

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.

- Ban Ki-moon

source: "To End Poverty, Act on Climate" by Kathy Calvin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 15, 2014.

topic: Fighting, People, Water, Solutions To Poverty, Economic Climate

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Compassion, Samaritans, World Poverty

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

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.

- Ban Ki-moon

source: "To End Poverty, Act on Climate" by Kathy Calvin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 15, 2014.

topic: Solutions To Poverty, Economic Climate, Economic Empowerment, Global Health, Global Poverty

It's quite possible to arrive in the year 2030 where people are no longer dying of poverty. We could actually help lead a global end-not a reduction, but an end-to absolute poverty...I have always found that a committed, powerful group of leaders, can make a huge difference.

- Jeffrey Sachs

topic: Powerful, Years, Differences, Global Poverty

The good news is we have the technology and the tools to alleviate poverty on a global scale. All that is standing in our way is education and will.

- Natalie Portman

topic: Technology, Tools, News, Ending Poverty, Alleviate

Handouts are not going to end global poverty, but work - real work - just might.

- Leila Janah

source: "Leila Janah, Samasource CEO, Talks Modeling, Feminism And Empowering Women" By Betsy Isaacson, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 5, 2013.

topic: Real, Might, Poverty, Handouts, Global Poverty

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.

- Andy Stanley

topic: Night, Issues, Care, Global Poverty

I left Xerox for the non-profit sector because it was clear to me that only public/private partnerships can pull off a turnaround plan at the scale we need to tackle global poverty.

- Anne M. Mulcahy

topic: Needs, Poverty, Partnership, Private Parts, Xerox

That global poverty would end. That people would be able to eat. It's the worst shame in the world that people go hungry.

- Chiwetel Ejiofor

source: Source: aalbc.com

topic: People, Would Be, World, Global Poverty

Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty.

- Jonathan Morduch

topic: Fighting, Tools, Cost, Microfinance, Microcredit

Global poverty is an "input" on the supply side; the global economic system feeds on cheap labor.

- Michel Chossudovsky

source: "The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order". Book by Michel Chossudovsky, 2003.

topic: Input, Poverty, Sides, Cheap Labor, Global Poverty

Ever more people are alert to the challenge of global poverty and global warming. We know that solutions are at hand. We will not sleepwalk into catastrophe. We have the capacity to forsee and forestall, and I believe we will find the will to act

- Jonathan Dimbleby

topic: Future, Believe, Hands, Global Poverty

If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the well-being of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends

- Gordon Brown

source: Gordon Brown's speech to foreign finance and environment ministers on climate change, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2005.

topic: Future, People, Vision, Global Poverty

You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous.

- Noel Gallagher

topic: Wipe, Poverty, Stage, Rockstars, Global Poverty

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.

- Amy Lockwood

topic: Stars, Poverty, Sides, Global Poverty

I wrote 'The Blue Sweater' to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty.

- Jacqueline Novogratz

topic: Blue, Sweaters, People, Global Poverty

Climate change and global poverty are two sides of the same coin. Both challenges must be addressed together. If we fail on one, we will also fail on the other.

- Nicholas Stern

topic: Two Sides, Challenges, Together, Global Poverty

The planet's biggest problems have to do with sustainability, environmental decline, global poverty, disease, conflict and so forth. Really, they're all interconnected - it's one big problem, which is that the way we're doing things can't go on.

- Alex Steffen

source: CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. March 11, 2008.

topic: Environmental, Goes On, Disease, Global Poverty

Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty in half is an impossible or abstract target. I think it is a real and achievable goal.

- Gro Harlem Brundtland

topic: Real, Cutting, Thinking, Millennium, Global Poverty

Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.

- William J. Clinton

topic: Kegs, Poverty, Indifference, Global Poverty

I think the money for the solutions for global poverty is on Wall Street. Wall Street allocates capital. And we need to get capital to the ideas that are successful, whether it's microfinance, whether it's through financial literacy programs, Wall Street can be the engine that makes capital get to the people who need it.

- Kabir Sehgal

topic: Wall, Successful, Thinking, Microfinance, Financial Literacy

So let us be clear about this up front: We hope to recruit you to join an incipient movement to emancipate women and fight global poverty by unlocking women's power as economic catalysts. That is the process under way - not a drama of victimization but of empowerment, the kind that transforms bubbly teenage girls from brothel slaves into successful businesswomen. This is a story of transformation. It is change that is already taking place, and change that can accelerate if you'll just open your heart and join in.

- Nicholas D. Kristof

source: "Half The Sky: How to Change the World". Book by Nicholas D. Kristof, September 8, 2008.

topic: Girl, Teenage, Drama, Recruit, Teenage Girl