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Experience
declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can think
of no milder term to apply to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
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Thomas Jefferson |
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"Having
visited Oxfam-funded school programs in rural communities has made me realise
how vital education is to developing countries in bringing people out of poverty
and giving them a sense of dignity, self-worth and confidence."
-- Scarlett
Johansson |  |
They have stolen
the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled
greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who
have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race.
-- Denis Kearney No
one who works for a living should live in poverty.
-- Senator Edward Kennedy
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world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish
all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.
-- John
F. Kennedy |  |
"Poverty
is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit."
-- Eli Khamarov
True
compassion is more than flinging a coin at a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice
which produces beggars needs restructuring.
-- Martin
Luther King Jr *
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have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions
about the whole society. We are still called upon to give aid to the beggar who
finds himself in misery and agony on life's highway. But one day, we must ask
the question of whether an edifice which produces beggars must not be restructured
and refurbished.
--
Martin Luther King, Jr
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"We have ancient
habits to deal with, vast structures of power, indescribably complicated problems
to solve. But unless we abdicate our humanity altogether and succumb to fear and
impotence in the presence of the weapons we have ourselves created, it is as possible
and as urgent to put an end to war and violence between nations as it is to put
an end to poverty and racial injustice."
-- Martin
Luther King Jr (1929-1968) It
is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends 500,000 for every enemy soldier
killed, and only 53 annually on the victims of poverty."
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Martin Luther King, Jr
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"Peace
does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign. It does not flourish where
there is ignorance and a lack of education and information. Repression, injustice
and exploitation are inimical with peace. Peace is gravely threatened by inter-group
fear and envy and by the unleashing of unrealistic expectations. Racial, class
and religious intolerance and prejudice are its mortal enemies."
-- Frederik
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Poverty
is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction.
Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction.
-- Dennis Kucinich
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"Witnessing
the extreme poverty in remote parts of Affrica can make you feel sad and powerless
until you realize how little it takes to change these people's lives fundamentally
in sustainable ways."
-- John
Legend | 
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Imagine
no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
-- John Lennon |
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"Such
is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be
ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you
need to be in it for the long haul."
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Annie Lennox |
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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 In
this new century, many of the world's poorest countries remain imprisoned, enslaved
and in chains. They are trapped in the prison of poverty. It is time to set them
free. 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 | 
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"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 Massive
poverty and obscene inequality are such terrible scourges of our times -- times
in which the world boasts breathtaking advances in science, technology, industry
and wealth accumulation -- that they have to rank alongside slavery and apartheid
as social evils.
-- Nelson
Mandela
"I have tremendous
confidence in the capacity of the poor to transform not only their own lives but
also to build a just, humane, and democratic society."
-- Ruth
Manorama |  |
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Wars
are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively
free and prosperous world.
-- George
C. Marshall "Our
policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty,
desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy
in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions
in which free institutions can exist."
-- George
C. Marshall (1880-1959) | We
live in the richest country in the world. There's plenty to spare and for no man,
woman, or child to be in want. And in addition to this our country was founded
on what should have been a great , true principle -- the freedom, equality, and
rights of each individual. Huh! And what has come of this start? There are corporations
worth billions of dollars--and hundreds of thousands of people who don't get to
eat.
-- Carson McCullers
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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 | 
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The
greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the
weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them.
– Maria
Montessori |
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"Of
course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never
seems to cease. Greed is the key. It’s easy to sit in relative luxury and peace
and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts. Not many of us are willing
to give up everything we have. We can however give some, and millions of people
do, governments do, but there is so much more to be done."
-- Sir
Roger Moore | 
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