Explore Quotes on Poverty

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.

We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so that others may simply live.

This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do it. We can banish hunger from the face of the earth.

You don't have to get rich to have [fewer] children. It has happened across the world.

We get so little news about the developing world that we often forget that there are literally millions of people out there struggling to change things to be fairer, freer, more democratic, less corrupt.

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

Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also felt less and less provided for.

Connectivity is productivity - whether it's in a modern office or an underdeveloped village.

The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known. Humanity cannot imagine the joy that will burst into the world.

We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is possible.

There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate.

As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition, and to partner with others.

Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it's no longer need.

Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.

My vision for the future? ... a world completely free from poverty.

The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity of future generations for decades to come. By contrast, the physical, emotional and intellectual impairment that poverty inflicts on children canmean a lifetime of suffering and want - and a legacy of poverty for the next generation.

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.

Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.

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

I never look at the masses as my responsibility. I look at the individual. I can love only one person at a time. I can feed only one person at a time. Just one, one, one.