Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Quotes

I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and how it wasn't a matter of not having food or not knowing how to end it, but it was a matter of creating the political will.

poverty is obsolete and hunger is abolished

I have always said that I want Malawi to attain growth that should not just be seen in GDP, but in the growth of opportunities for all, protection for all, and equality for all.

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

My mission is to eradicate poverty.

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

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

It was the greatest contribution towards the whole of human race, made by China, is to prevent its 1.3 billion people from hunger

We cannot and will not rest until we have won true swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions - until we have wiped out poverty from our land.

We don't want to end up in a class war. We want everyone to have food, clean water, and a long life expectancy.

Eliminating global poverty will need the talent and potential of all, not just half the population.

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

We need a race to the top so that we have policies and regulations that protect human rights, the environment and that reduce poverty.

Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the further enrichment of the opulent

Chile needs to unite behind the goals of reducing poverty and creating more equal opportunities so that everyone can benefit from what the country has to offer.

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

Food sovereignty... is most of all characterized by it’s conversations around how to end hunger and poverty.

To deal with these problems - of world population and hunger, of peace, of energy and mineral resources, of environmental pollution, of poverty - we must broaden and deepen our knowledge of nature's laws, and we must broaden and deepen our understanding of the laws of human behavior.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

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.

Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.

Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.

We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls.

We want to lead a country where people will be less greedy. Where people will know that the commonwealth of Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians, where people's wealth depends on the people around you. If you become a rich person and everyone around you is poor you are very poor.

The main environmental challenge of the 21st century is poverty. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, it's hard to consider the environment 100 years down the line.