Poverty is the deprivation of opportunity.

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.

The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.

I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.

Empowering women is key to building a future we want

Starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat.

Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.

Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the further enrichment of the opulent

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.

Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it.

You’re not worried about being compromised, are you?” he asked. “Because I’ve already done that.

[Beneatha Younger:]... He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Chrisitan fellowship. [excerpt from Act II, Scene 3]

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.

I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions

Fatherhood is the unending imperfect task of turning yourself into your dad while secretly maintaining the unbridled elation of your boyhood

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

My mom does not exist anymore, and I cannot see my mother in myself. To me, the word "mother" is the synonym for the words "parting" or "separation" or "farewell."

Everything which the economist takes from you in the way of life and humanity, he restores to you in the form of money and wealth.

The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

Why would I kill someone I don't know, when I know so many people who irritate me, and havent't killed any of them?