The only place where poverty should be is in museums.
Interpretation
Poverty should not exist in society but be a relic of the past, like artifacts in a museum.
Muhammad Yunus emphasizes the idea that poverty should be eradicated from our current reality and relegated to history. By likening poverty to objects in a museum, he suggests that it should be studied as a concept of the past, not a lived experience in the present or future.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech on poverty alleviation to inspire action for change.
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