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A riot is the language of the unheard. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jobs, Cutting, Frustration. If our economic system is to survive, there has to be a better distribution of wealth ... we can't have a system where some people live in superfluous, inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty.
- Nelson Mandela Quotes About Poverty
Nelson Mandela's speech in London's Trafalgar Square for the...
- Nelson Mandela Quotes About Poverty
These quotes about poverty are also designed to leave a sense of hope because the fight towards a better future is still going. “I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.”. – Robert Kennedy. “As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality exist in the world, none of us can truly exist.”. – Nelson Mandela.
Mar 7, 2018 · Three major evils —the evil of racism, the evil of poverty, and the evil of war. These are the three things that I want to deal with today. Now let us turn first to the evil of racism. There can ...
- King’s 1961 “The American Dream” Speech. “As long as there is poverty in this world, no man can be totally rich even if he has a billion dollars.” Read the full speech here.
- King’s Book “Strength to Love” “God never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty.”
- King’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Address. “A second evil which plagues the modern world is that of poverty…Almost two-thirds of the peoples of the world go to bed hungry at night.
- King’s 1968 “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” Sermon. “While millions enjoy an unexampled opulence in developed nations, ten thousand people die of hunger each and every day of the year in the undeveloped world.”
- Borgen Project
- “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.” – London’s Trafalgar Square in 2005.
- “Massive poverty and obscene inequality are such terrible scourges of our times — times in which the world boasts breathtaking advances in science, technology, industry and wealth accumulation — that they have to rank alongside slavery and apartheid as social evils.”
- “Do not look the other way; do not hesitate. Recognise that the world is hungry for action, not words. Act with courage and vision.”
- “Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.”
Jul 15, 2020 · It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the action of human beings.”. 6. “Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life. 7. “While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.”. 8. “Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great.
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Nelson Mandela's speech in London's Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world, news.bbc.co.uk. February 3, 2005. The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of basic necessities such as food, jobs, water and shelter, education, health care and a healthy environment.
