Anthony Carmona Quotes

In a land of great wealth, families must not live in hopeless poverty. In a land rich in harvest, children just must not go hungry. In a land of healing miracles, neighbors must not suffer and die unattended. In a great land of learning and scholars, young people must be taught to read and write.

We learned that kicking down doors to free children from carpet factories isn't enough to stop child labour - we had to tackle the underlying poverty in which their families lived, through education.

I care about the children of Detroit.

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

In a competitive world, not everybody can follow the pace; you will leave people out. We now accept that we must take care of these people. You cannot let them die in the streets; people will not accept it. And that is right, too.

I've always admired the work that Save the Children does to improve the lives of children and their families all over the world.

I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them - poverty is the greatest challenge facing humanity. That is why I build schools; I want to free people from poverty and illiteracy.

Giving every child a chance to reach their full potential is the best work anyone can do

I want to help children in Serbia and around the world so they can realize their dreams.

We really need to put the best we have to offer within reach of our children. If we don't do that, we're going to get the generation we deserve.

The only way to kill militancy, to reduce it, is to provide opportunities to people who have no opportunities. I've always told my American friends that.

The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American agenda.

Being a mom, I am even more inspired to really help make a difference. I can't imagine what it would be like if my child didn't have a meal to eat.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.

I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.

All of our children have so much potential. All of our children deserve a chance at life.

I think the United States and the secretary of State should be concerned about the poverty in this country - people without health insurance. The United States should stop being the empire and be concerned about other countries. You've got to be more worried about your own people.

I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.

Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.

I want to fight poverty and ignorance and give opportunity to those people who are locked out.

I really try to focus on organizations, twofold, one that help people and/or beings that don't have other means of help. Particularly if they're hospitalized children, sick children, children that don't have homes, children that can't go to school, you know that's the future of this country and the future of this planet.

Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.

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