Marc Forne Molne Quotes

Ridding the world of poverty is, of course, a fantasy.

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

Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security.

I'm interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class... This vast inequity is unfair by definition, and I am interested in illuminating that and, where possible, changing that.

Poverty should not just be made an issue - there is need to actually work on it.

You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people.

The benefits of growth have not trickled down. Income inequalities have become one of the biggest global challenges, attracting growing attention not only in academic literature but also among policymakers globally.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

The only place where poverty should be is in museums.

we're focusing too much energy on the symptom rather than the disease: Our real enemy is poverty, not welfare.

Poverty is a plague against which humanity must fight without cease.

There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it.

For the first time in human history, society has the capacity, the knowledge and the resources to eradicate poverty

Always remember: the alleviation of poverty is never a political or economic issue - it is moral.

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

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

My mission is to eradicate poverty.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter.

If you go back to 1800, everybody was poor. I mean everybody. The Industrial Revolution kicked in, and a lot of countries benefited, but by no means everyone.

The issue of wealth inequality is ... the great moral issue of our time.

Attacking poverty is very expensive, and means doing things politically that are either impossible or very difficult to bring off.

For the first time in America's history, poverty is on the run.

The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.

There never can be equality of rewards or possessions so long as the human plan contains varied talents and differing degrees of industry and thrift, but ours ought to be a country free from the great blotches of distressed poverty.