John F. Kennedy Quotes

We have ended hunger, but now we have to end famine.

People don't ever have to starve to death; there are solutions. We have failed if we can't eradicate hunger in Africa and Ethiopia.

The day you really want to end all hunger, there will be no more hunger.

We have made a commitment to feed 20-million people over the next two years. We are somewhere around 10 million. But I can promise you that we are not going to stop at 20 million. Because hunger, there is almost no cure for it. You can take care of the problem today, but it is a recurring problem.

For the first time we have the technical capacity to free mankind from the scourge of hunger.

The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But ending it is a greater moral imperative now than ever before, because for the first time humanity has the instruments at hand to defeat this cruel enemy at a very reasonable cost. We have the ability to provide food for all within the next three decades.

Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.

By themselves, genetically engineered crops will not end hunger or improve health or bolster the economies of struggling countries. They won't save the sight of millions or fortify their bones. But they will certainly help.

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.

The right use of food can end hunger.

Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of the famine, as he has so often done in the past.

I hope someday we will be able to proclaim that we have banished hunger in the United States, and that we've been able to bring nutrition and health to the whole world.

In my view, helping to feed a hungry world is Australia's greatest responsibility and opportunity in the 21st century.

The war against hunger is truly mankind's war of liberation.

The world is at a crossroads. Our generation may be the first in history with the knowledge, tools and resources to truly turn back the rising tide of hunger and misery.

We don't need to cure hunger - we know how to solve hunger - it's food, it's nutrition, and it's really a question of access.

To ensure food security for all, we should be clear about the definition of the problem, the precise index of measuring impact and the road map to achieve the goal.

We already solved the problem of feeding the world in the 1960s, when we started serving cheeseburgers.

The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known. Humanity cannot imagine the joy that will burst into the world.

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

The day hunger disappears, the world will see the greatest spiritual explosion humanity has ever seen.

I fully endorse the millennial goals to make (hunger) history, ... Those are big goals, but it's do-able.

In a world of plenty, no one, not a single person, should go hungry. But almost 1 billion still do not have enough to eat. I want to see an end to hunger everywhere within my lifetime.

There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry.

We have the resources (to end hunger), we know what has to be done, and it's something that can be achieved at a rather modest cost