End Poverty Quotes (11 quotes)

“If we adopt the same collaborative mindset and practices that got to the moon and back, and that built the International Space Station, we can alleviate poverty鈥攁nd do much more.”
― Ron Garan, The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles

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“The next generation is like the last runner in a very long relay race. The race to end extreme poverty has been a marathon, with the starter gun fired in 1800. This next generation has the unique opportunity to complete the job: to pick up the baton, cross the line, and raise its hands in triumph. The project must be completed. And we should have a big party when we are done.”
― Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World 鈥� and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

tags: end-poverty, marathon

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“Most poor people do not really aspire to end poverty; they merely aspire to escape it.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Life curses some poor people with the love of luxury, while it blesses some with the very same thing.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“It is in the best interest of the rich to preserve poverty.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Together we can remind them there are no excuses to sit back and watch the cycle of extreme poverty continue.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

tags: crisis, development, end-poverty, extreme-poverty

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“Poverty does not always prevent a rich person from dating someone who is poor, unless the man is the one who is poor.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: date, dating, end-poverty, gender-equality, gender-gap, humor, humour, love, make-poverty-history, materialism, poor, poverty, prevent, relationship, relationships, rich, satire, wealth, wealthy

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“We would eventually get rid of poverty if there were no women or girls who are willing to sleep with men or boys who are poor.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: children, end-poverty, eugenics, make-poverty-history, poor, poverty, poverty-line, sex, sex-transmutation, sexual-transmutation

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“The reminder that the Nigerian police being understaffed, undertrained and underpaid was why the #EndSARS protest went out of control. Stop blaming peaceful protesters for inability of the police to perform their duties and maintain order.”
― Olawale Daniel

tags: end-poverty, endsars, endswat, police-brutality, police-officer, policing, protest, soro-soke

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“Poor people are generally a reminder that hard work can be ineffective.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: end-poverty, hard-work, hard-worker, hardworking, inequality, poor, poverty, poverty-alleviation, poverty-line, work-smart-not-hard

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“Being spiritually asleep has deceived the vast majority of people into thinking that poverty is a poor person鈥檚 main problem in life. To those who are spiritually awake, poverty is not even a problem.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: buddhism, end-poverty, enlightenment, meditation, mindfulness, money, poor, poverty, spirituality, stoicism

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