Bobby Ghosh Quotes

My job is to change the system so all of India can shine.

Our task is to help replace ... despair with opportunity.

Everybody keeps saying that India's a poor country. Yes, we have poverty. But I blame the government of India, the political establishment, for their failure to educate and therefore their failure to control the poverty.

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.

I do think that humanitarians and journalists alike have focused on all the things that go wrong, and that they sometimes leave the perception in the public that the war on poverty has been lost. That Africa is just a bottomless pit of despair. When, in fact, really the opposite is true on both fronts.

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

India has political freedom but it does not have economic freedom.

While the overall goal of any society must be to educate all its members, at this stage in human history the greatest need is to educate women and girls. For over twenty years, studies have consistently documented that, of all possible investments, educating women and girls pays the highest overall dividends in terms of social development, the eradication of poverty and the advancement of community.

Through work, education, and culture, I will give hope to our country.

We in the Congress Party are hoping to do greater efforts to help the people of India, especially the downtrodden who find it very tough to get ahead in life. We are focusing on tackling issues related to unemployment and poverty.

In this country, nobody should be talking about unemployment, as there is so much to be done in India.

Elections should be about making the people a part of the development journey. That is when India will move ahead.

I will vote my hopes and not my fears.

The government must give men and women without power a real say over what happens to them, and the means of engaging in a participative, invigorated and living democracy.

I propose changing fear for hope. I propose changing Mexico.

I think it is fundamental to understand that the ethics of politics indicate that you should concentrate your efforts on those marginalized people who live in poverty with few opportunities to develop individually.

Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.

No child should be left behind - I've heard this from President Obama. And here, we say in Latin America, no country should be left behind.

Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. And our programs to help them should reflect that.

On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged.

Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

I have a real sense of optimism that we are revolutionizing the way we do politics in this country.

Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.

Our nation is defined by an unshakable belief that we, the people, have the ability to control our destiny. A belief that anyone can reach out and grab opportunity and create a more prosperous future for themselves, their children and their grandchildren.