Hunger And Poverty Quotations

We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime

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

Nowhere in the world, in no act of genocide, in no war, are so many people killed per minute, per hour and per day as those who are killed by hunger and poverty on our planet.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

I have repeatedly stressed that we have the knowledge to reduce hunger and poverty.

I have seen firsthand that agricultural science has enormous potential to increase the yields of small farmers and lift them out of hunger and poverty.

I do get scared about the physical danger from drug dealers. But it's not in the same league as the danger I feel eating an $80 lunch with my privileged friends to discuss hunger and poverty. That's when my soul feels imperiled.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

What is poverty, if not violence. Like, the number of people who die every year from starvation and from hunger and poverty is in the tens of millions.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.