Fawzia Koofi Quotes

We can remove poverty from the surface of the earth only if we can redesign our institutions - like the banking institutions, and other institutions; if we redesign our policies, if we look back on our concepts, so that we have a different idea of poor people.

People don't need to become more aware of poverty - they need to know how to end it.

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

Th direct elimination of elimination of poverty should be the objective of all development aid. Development should be viewed as a human rights issue, not as a question of simply increasing the gross national product (GNP).

Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty.

If you think creating a world without any poverty is impossible, let's do it. Because it is the right thing to do.

There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

I think the socialist movement, by removing many, many people from grinding stagnation and poverty and overwork, does enable people not just to lead better lives but to be better people.

For the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty

Do we have the will to make poverty history?

Poverty is the frontier we have to be able to cross.

Diamonds are a key component in the campaign to make poverty history.

I think people are hungry for new ideas and leadership in the world of poverty alleviation. Most development programs are started and led by people with Ph.Ds in economics or policy. Samasource is part of a cadre of younger organizations headed by entrepreneurs from non-traditional backgrounds.

Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training I think about this a lot; when I am running it is going over in my mind. As a country we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty.

I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.

My mission is to eradicate poverty.

My father was criticized as a dictator, but that should not overshadow his accomplishments in restructuring the country. He brought Korea out of 5,000 years of poverty. What he left unaccomplished was democratization of the system.

I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality.

The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.

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

Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.

The young Iranian people are seeking to fulfill their material needs, but they are also trying to realize some great aspirations and ideals such as the administration of social justice and the elimination of corruption, poverty and retardation from society. These ideals and objectives, which have emerged from Islamic teachings and precepts, will pave the way for opening a new chapter in the history of the Iranian nation.

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

Can You Fight Poverty With A Five-Star Hotel?

We will not rest until this war [on poverty] is won.