Lurlene McDaniel Quotes

There's a reason the Third World came in third.

The problems of the Third World—its poverty, its ignorance, its debt—never really seemed to affect Europeans and Americans. No longer. It's a little warmer than it used to be. The water is rising.

Parts of the United States are taking on a Third World look.

Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.

I don't consider the first-world concerns any less important than the third-world ones.

I am concerned because even in the past two years that were the jubilee years, I have seen evident signs which show that the people are still in great difficulties, and there are things that still need to be remedied and looked after in many areas.

I may not remember the name of a book's author, but let it be clear, what I will not forget is the violence, the poverty and the desperation that Mexico is living through.

It's such a different spectrum of tragedies when you talk to people in developing countries.

Being a doctor, lawyer in war-torn countries isn't easy when the infrastructure isn't there. The money, the food and education is not always accessible to achieve those dreams.

What must a poor nation do when its very sustenance depends on the remains and bits that the nations gracefully throw them, once they have had their fill…. Our planet is rich enough to provide for all of us, so why this tragic war for life which has been clouding our lives for generations?

Problems of persistent poverty cannot be addressed unless they are acknowledged.

I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran.

I left college with a deep sense that I needed to understand poverty more.

As I have traveled the state, I have seen firsthand that there are Arizonans who are hurting.

P Street in D.C. is one of the worst areas in the city. Some of the things I saw, the things I experienced, the things we came through, really gave me a whole new perspective on life.

Every time I do interviews, they ask me about the same things - poverty, war, and the power of the church.

Crimes increase as education, opportunity, and property decrease. Whatever spreads ignorance, poverty and, discontent causes crime.... Criminals have their own responsibility, their own share of guilt, but they are merely the hand.... Whoever interferes with equal rights and equal opportunities is in some real degree, responsible for the crimes committed in the community.

Your problems pale in comparison with those of the millions of people in the world who do not have enough to eat.

After all, a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is pointed against him.

You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see.

Italy is not technically part of the Third World, but no one has told the Italians.

In fact, every place I've been to in Africa has a nice part, but you see the downside. Calcutta , parts of Central and South America , I've seen a lot of dead bodies and a lot of sad poverty and just obliteration.

I spent almost 25 years as a foreign correspondent, and the world's primary problem is poverty.

This mournful truth is everywhere confessed, slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

The people who pay the biggest price are those who are struggling.