Imelda Marcos Quotes

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

I'm interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class... This vast inequity is unfair by definition, and I am interested in illuminating that and, where possible, changing that.

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 protestor I think will speak up for the world's poorest.

I want to see us push for economical and educational advancement in communities of color and low-income communities, and I want to see our relationships between our communities and our law enforcement be advanced.

The proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.

Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?

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

I am going to attack income inequality and I think I have a pretty good plan to do so. I don't just tell you what I'm against. I tell you what I'm for and how I would do it.

I am for lifting everyone off the social bottom. In fact, I am for doing away with the social bottom altogether.

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

From the point of view of the poor, the hungry, the disenfranchised, the wretched of the Earth... there will never be peace until their condition has been alleviated and until their humanity is in full bloom.

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 as long as I am alive, I will not rest in my desire to lead my people out of an abyss of corruption and poverty.

Do we have the will to make poverty history?

The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalised.

Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations are a potent force to fight for social justice.

Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment to bringing about an end to global poverty.

Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... ...let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win.

No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice

Reforming the social structures which perpetuate poverty and the exclusion of the poor first requires a conversion of mind and heart.

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

Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty.

If we can create a climate among people that says that any serious candidate for president, Senate, governor, [the] House is going to have to talk about income inequality, raising wages in America, trade policy - that's a huge success. It's not putting pressure on a candidate. It's mobilizing people.

I despise charity. It gives crumbs to a few and silences the others.