Nicky Oppenheimer Quotes

We have got to put a human face on the global economy.

This globalization is lifting up hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. The Left needs to see that.

I've often said that far more sensible than a 'make poverty history' campaign would be a 'make wealth history' campaign. It is, after all, the wealthy people who do all the damage. The less money you earn, the fewer resources you use up.

We must create a kind of globalization that works for everyone... and not just for a few.

We make the future sustainable when we invest in the poor, not when we insist on their suffering.

Poverty is not inevitable. It is a human ill that we can fight if we decide to do so together.

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one.

My mission is to eradicate poverty.

I believe there is no other way to create decent livelihoods for the world's poorest people than to connect them to global markets as producers, and on fair terms.

If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

The world is at a crossroads. Our generation may be the first in history with the knowledge, tools and resources to truly turn back the rising tide of hunger and misery.

Destroy poverty, that source of crime, by assuring to each the satisfaction of all needs! And how difficult is this to achieve?

We do not yet have a politics that is equal to the economics around us.

Can You Fight Poverty With A Five-Star Hotel?

No country now in transition will be able to accommodate demands for either economic security or social justice anytime soon.

We must focus on our biggest enemy, poverty. There is no single-state solution to it, and that is a noble goal.

In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how we need to ameliorate deep poverty, heal the earth, end war.

It is our sacred obligation to eliminate the curse of poverty in the shortest possible time. This is non-negotiable for the Republic.

Ending extreme poverty is possible.

Rather than engineering our economies solely to maximise GDP, Africa's business and political leaders must build economies explicitly designed to end poverty and inequality.

Globalization can be shaped to ensure that people matter.

You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people.

A few years ago the idea that extreme poverty was harmful was on the fringes of the economic and political debate. But having made the case we are now seeing an emerging consensus among business leaders, economic leaders, political leaders and even faith leaders.