Quotes by Poor Nations the distinction between rich nations and poor nations is one of the great dominant political and international themes of our century. Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth poor-nations rich political It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them. Bill Vaughan poor-nations nice would-be President Obama has pledged $3 billion to aid poor nations. All of that $3 billion is going to the United States. Conan O'Brien poor-nations united-states president The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it is likely to make them even poorer in the - not so very - long run. Dean Acheson poor-nations running long The surest way for a poor nation to stay poor is to harass, hobble, and straitjacket private enterprise or to discourage or destroy it by subsidized government competition, oppressive taxation, or outright expropriation. Henry Hazlitt poor-nations competition government In both rich and poor nations consumption is polarized while expectation is equalized. Ivan Illich poor-nations rich expectations Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance. Jonathan Swift gulliver poor-nations pride The hardest problem of all is to appreciate the facts that the poor nations are - quite reasonably - not going to forgo their development, and that they can only afford to develop by consuming fossil fuels. Philip Kitcher poor-nations appreciate development In my current work on global warming, I argue that the only apparent solution to the deep problem of climate change would require very large transfers of wealth from rich nations to poor nations, so that the entire world can make the transition to renewable forms of energy as fast as possible. Philip Kitcher poor-nations climate energy
