et Quote: Focus on Poverty

CAIRO – 17 October 2017: In honor of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, here 10 quotes that shed light on the misfortune of the many that did not ask for a life of hardship and struggle for the mere human right for food, shelter and good health.


1. "Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere." — Kofi Annan, Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations

2. "I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act." — Bill Gates, business magnate and philanthropist

3. "Poverty is the worst form of violence." — Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political and spiritual leader

4. "Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity." — Coco Chanel, French fashion designer

5. "To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor...it's nothing." — Bono, singer-songwriter and philanthropist

6. "The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread." — Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic nun

7. "You can't comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable." — Diana, Princess of Wales

8. "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." — Martin Luther King, Jr., Baptist minister and civil rights activist

9. "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." — Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist

10. "As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality exist in our world, none of us can truly rest." — Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa