Ending Hunger Quotes

• The day hunger disappears, the world will see the greatest spiritual explosion humanity has ever seen.

  Federico Garcia Lorca

  Spiritual, Humanity, World

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• The war against hunger is truly mankind's war of liberation.

  John F. Kennedy

  War, Justice, Poverty

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• Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.

  Aristophanes

  No Friends, World Hunger, Knows

  Aristophanes, Douglass Parker (1962). “The wasps: Translated by Douglass Parker”

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• The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Money, Economic Inequality, History

  Second Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1937

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• Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice.

  Jacques Diouf

  Issues, Justice, Charity

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• There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Witty, Humorous, Food

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• Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.

  Norman Borlaug

  World, Food Banks, Moral

  Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

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• There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Power, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty

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• Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

  Norman Borlaug

  Justice, Essentials, Adequate

  Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

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• 35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.

  Jeff Bridges

  Country, Children, War

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• Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.

  George McGovern

  Country, Brother, Responsibility

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• If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Christian

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• Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

  Pearl Bailey

  Peace, People, African American

  Pearl Bailey (1973). “Pearl's Kitchen: An Extraordinary Cookbook”, Harcourt

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• There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Uplifting, Baby

  Speech on radio, 21 Mar. 1943, in Complete Speeches (1974) vol. 7, p. 6761

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• Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.

  Martin Sheen

  Dream, Country, Children

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• There will never cease to be ferment in the world unless people are sure of their food.

  Pearl S. Buck

  People, World, Food Banks

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• Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.

  Norman Borlaug

  Guiding Principles, Gmos, Justice

  Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

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• One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America.

  Jeff Bridges

  Art, America, Childhood

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• I went to bed hungry many nights as a child. It was a Dream that dressed me up when I was ragged, and it was a Dream that filled me up when I was hungry. Now it's my Dream to see that no child in this world ever goes hungry, certainly not here in America, the most bountiful country in the world. We can do better...we must!

  Dolly Parton

  Dream, Country, Children

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• Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

  Suzanne Collins

  Movie, Odds, President Snow

  Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.21, Scholastic Inc.

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• The American fast food diet and the meat eating habits of the wealthy around the world support a world food system that diverts food resources from the hungry. A diet higher in whole grains and legumes and lower in beef and other meat is not just healthier for ourselves but also contributes to changing the world system that feeds some people and leaves others hungry.

  Walden Bello

  Vegetarianism, Meat Eating, People

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• We cannot stick our heads in the sand concerning the issue of hunger in America. Even though this subject seldom reaches the front page of our newspapers or is featured on news programs because of its lack of sensationalism, the problem exists in massive proportions and must be defeated.

  Bruce Davison

  America, Issues, News

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• We are a country that prides itself on power and wealth, yet there are millions of children who go hungry every day. It is our responsibility, not only as a nation, but also as individuals, to get involved. So, next time you pass someone on the street who is in need, remember how lucky you are, and don't turn away.

  Lesley Boone

  Country, Children, Responsibility

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• If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Space, Childhood, Poverty

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• There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry.

  Ed Asner

  Food Banks, World, Hungry

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