Bono Quotes

Those in the developing world have so few rights - we take a lot for granted in the developed world.

I'm opposed to any policy that would deny in our country any human being from access to public safety, public education, or public health, period.

I do have a lot of care, concern, and compassion for disadvantaged people.

The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.

Colour is not the issue in America; class is.

The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments.

A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi... has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for.

Technology can be a great equalizer when it comes to health care, education - to the point where rich, poor, middle class can all get the same benefits.

Rejecting the fundamental provision of the Civil Rights Act is a rejection of the foundational promise of America that all men and women should be treated equally, a promise for which many Americans have lost their lives.

India is known for much development that has happened since our independence, but at the same time, we have also failed on many levels. It is the responsibility of the future generation to ensure that all these failures are corrected and help create a civilised society with equal opportunities for one and all.

We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.

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

The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages.

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.

America's 'social contract' is equal opportunity... yet we have failed in achieving that seminal goal.

My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that people aren't given equality of opportunity.

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.

Equality ... is the result of human organization.... We are not born equal.

Israel has not always been wise enough to invest equally in all its people.

Excessive economic and social disparity between individuals and peoples of the one human race is a source of scandal and militates against social justice, equity, human dignity, as well as social and international peace.

The next civil right should be some kind of civil right for livelihood.

Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions.

[Speaking of civil rights;] We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the Scriptures and as plain as clear as the American Constitution. The heart of the question is whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities.