I wrote 'The Blue Sweater' to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been... →
Alden Nowlan
There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.
Keith O'Brien
My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a man of... →
Frances O'Grady
A lot of children grow up in poverty with flawed parents, but their inner world is still as inherently filled with wonder and innocence as children... →
Heather O'Neill
It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do... →
Bill O'Reilly
You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.
P. J. O'Rourke
To blame the existence of al Qaeda on poverty like Egypt's is a slur on the poor.
You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don't need to go to Beirut for that - but a foreign... →
Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.
Olusegun Obasanjo