Thabo Mbeki Quotes

We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule.

For the first time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty.

You can't tackle climate change until you tackle poverty.

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

...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it.

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

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

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

The fight against hunger and poverty is also predicated on the creation of a world order that accords priority to social and economic development.

Do we have the will to make poverty history?

The biggest fight in my life is not in boxing. The biggest fight in my life is how to end poverty in my country.

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

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

Can You Fight Poverty With A Five-Star Hotel?

Will we make all poverty history? No. But can we solve some of these extreme and egregious forms of poverty? I think yes, and we should.

Ending extreme poverty is possible.

Severe poverty is getting better by some measures, but it's also becoming ever more scandalous because it is now so easily avoidable.

Can we not wage a war and emerge victorious against poverty. Let us defeat poverty.

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.

The fight against poverty and hunger must be fought constantly and on many fronts, especially in its causes.

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

The only place where poverty should be is in museums.

The only really effective means of enabling States to deal with the grave problem of poverty is to provide them with the necessary resources through foreign financial aid - public and private - granted under reasonable conditions, within the framework of international commercial relations regulated with fairness.

My development parameter is very simple. It is about how the poorest of the poor can benefit from development.

My only aim is the welfare of the poor of my country and the poor of states like Uttar Pradesh.