If
we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.
-- Buzz Aldrin
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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
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Hungry
people cannot be good at learning or producing anything,
except perhaps violence.
-- Pearl Bailey
We
are a country that prides itself on power and weatlh,
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
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The
fact is that there is enough food in the
world for everyone. But tragically, much
of the world's food and land resources are
tied up in producing beef and other livestock--food
for the well off--while millions of children
and adults suffer from malnutrition and
starvation.
-- Dr.Walden
Bello
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.
-- Dr.Walden
Bello
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…the
first essential component of social justice
is adequate food for all mankind. Food is
the moral right of all who are born into
this world.
-- Norman
Borlaug
Without
food, man can live at most but a few weeks;
without it, all other components of social
justice are meaningless.
-- Norman
Borlaug
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
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When
we work to end childhood hunger, we are giving our
love to kids who need it so much they will never
ask for it.
-- Beau Bridges
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One
of the greatest feelings in the world is
knowing that we as individuals can make
a difference. Ending hunger in America is
a goal that is literally within our grasp.
-- Jeff
Bridges
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
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Public
charities, foodbanks and church pantries are doing
more than ever before, but they can't keep up with
the need. We can never end hunger only through the
wonderful work of local charities. Like other Western
democracies, we must end our national problem of
hunger through national and political leadership.
Charity is nice for some things, but not as a way
to feed a nation. We don't protect our national
security through charity, and we shouldn't protect
our families and children that way either.
-- Jeff
Bridges
America
and Americans always rise to the occasion. If we
say we are going to stamp out hunger, I believe
we will.
-- Christie Brinkley
Most
of our citizenry believes that hunger only affects
people who are lazy or people who are just looking
for a handout, people who dont' want to work, but,
sadly, that is not true. Over one-third of our hungry
people are innocent children who are members of
households that simply cannot provide enough food
or proper nutrition. And to think of the elderly
suffering from malnutrition is just too hard for
most of us. Unlike Third World nations, in our country
the problem is not having too little – it is about
not caring enough! Write your elected representatives
and promote support for the hungry.
-- Erin Brokovich
Many
people think that hunger is unavoidable in
any society, even a society that is blessed
with great abundance. That is not true. The
European community does not have widespread
hunger. America, which leads the world in
so many ways, can end childhood hunger within
its borders.
-- Pierce
Brosnan |
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"If
we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are
going to have to make war on hunger our number one
priority."
-- David W. Brooks, member, Presidential Commission
on World Hunger
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"A
hungry man can't see right or wrong. He
just sees food."
-- Pearl
S. Buck (1892-1973)
"Hunger
makes a thief of any man."
-- Pearl
S. Buck (1892-1973)
"There
will never cease to be ferment in the world
unless people are sure of their food."
-- Pearl
S. Buck (1892-1973)
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Peace
is no mere matter of men fighting or not fighting.
Peace, to have meaning for many who have known
only suffering in both peace and war, must
be translated into bread or rice, shelter,
health, and education, as well as freedom
and human dignity - a steadily better life.
If peace is to be secure, long-suffering and
long-starved, forgotten peoples of the world,
the underprivileged and the undernourished,
must begin to realize without delay the promise
of a new day and a new life.
-- Ralph
J. Bunche |
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When
you give food to the poor, they call you a saint.
When you ask why the poor have no food, they call
you a communist.
--Archbishop Helder Camara
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"We
know that a peaceful world cannot long exist,
one-third rich and two-thirds hungry."
-- Jimmy
Carter |
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If
we can muster up that degree of commitment
and get away from the uniquely American
perception that if something can't be done
immediately it isn't worth doing, then I
think the Hunger Movement, this small but
growing minority of us, can have a truly
significant impact.
-- Harry
Chapin
What
is needed is a marriage of two impulses,
a coupling of the urge to do something positive
with the willingness to constantly re-evaluate
how effectively our actions lead to our
goal - that of ending world hunger …
-- Harry
Chapin
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There
is no finer investment for any community than putting
milk into babies.
-- Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
To
think that one child would go to bed hungry somewhere
in this country is heartbreaking... to know how
many do is virtually incomprehensible. This is not
only a problem that exists in the far reaches of
the globe. It happens right here in our own backyard.
Together, as concerned citizens, we must do more
to make sure every child's needs are met.
-- Katie Couric
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"Peace
can only last where human rights are respected,
where the people are fed, and where individuals
and nations are free."
-- 14th
Dalai Lama
The
problems we face today, violent conflicts,
destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and
so on, are human-created problems which
can be resolved through human effort, understanding
and the development of a sense of brotherhood
and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a universal
responsibility for one another and the planet
we share.
--
14th
Dalai Lama
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When
we think about millions of hungry children, we don't
think about America. We relate the problem to other
nations, like Ethiopia, India or Somalia. The sad
truth is that one is five American kids is at risk
due to poor nutrition.
-- Kristen Davis
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
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Many
things made me become a vegetarian, among
them, the higher food yield as a solution
to world hunger.
-- John
Denver |
It
is inconceivable that, in the richest nation in
the world, we have 30 million people at risk of
hunger. I believe that, if we truly make a commitment
as a nation, we can defeat hunger.
-- Bo Derek
Every
gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired signifies, in the final
sense, a theft from those who hunger and are
not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
-- Dwight
D. Eisenhower |
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Many
times, a child's struggle against hunger
begins before he or she is born because
the mother is undernourished. Making sure
prenatal care and proper nutrition are available
for expectant mothers in need is a critical
part of ending childhood hunger.
-- Hector
Elizondo
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Our
country offers such great opportunities for us all.
Unfortunately, too many hard-working citizens go
day to day without enough food to eat.
-- Dennis Franz
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There
are people in the world so hungry, that
God cannot appear to them except in the
form of bread.
-- Indira
Gandhi
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A
pacifism which can see the cruelties only
of occasional military warfare and is blind
to the continuous cruelties of our social
system is worthless.
-- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
"There
is enough for everybody's need, but not
for everybody's greed." -- Mohandas
K. Gandhi
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The
full extent of the problem of hunger is not obvious
to most of us. We see the homeless, but there are
a great number of working poor, struggling to survive,
who don't have enough money to put adequate food
on the table. We must find a solution to this ever-increasing
problem — and quickly.
-- Scott Glenn
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Our
society is only as healthy as our most vulnerable
citizens. It is unconscionable that the
weakest links in our country are our hungry
children. No other Western industrialized
nation has widespread hunger within its
borders. We really must put an end to hunger
in the United States if we are to keep our
prosperity and protect the future.
-- Linda
Gray
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No
one in this country need go hungry, and alleviating
the problem is primarily a matter of readjusting
our priorities. In both the government and the private
sector, self-interest has displaced the ideal of
community that made this country great. The old
world view of "us, we, our" has been replaced by
"I, me, mine." The reasons for this are manifold
and complex, but at the end of the day, we need
to remember that, if one of us is suffering needlessly,
all of us are diminished.
-- Don Henley, singer/songwriter
In
this country of the bountiful harvest, everyone
can have enough to eat — we have it! We grow enough
for everyone. Let's share it by supporting our local
foodbanks, houses of worship and organizations who
help people.
-- Catherine Hicks, actress
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"It's
amazing how many people are being fed because
of this crazy little thing we started. We're
feeding millions and it is not costing anyone
anything.”
-- John
van Hengel, "Father of Foodbanking"
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We
want a better America, an America that will give
its citizens, first of all, a higher and higher
standard of living so that no child will cry for
food in the midst of plenty.
-- Sidney Hillman
It's
appalling that there should be hunger anywhere,
but particularly in a country like America, where
there is also such great wealth.
-- Elizabeth Hurley, actress
Twelve
million children in the United States face hunger
every day. Bringing an end to this terrible situation
is a passion I share with my friends in the entertainment
industry. Together we can end hunger.
-- Kathy Ireland, supermodel
Most
Americans think of hunger as a problem affecting
only places like India, Africa or South America.
But it is a tragic reality that our country has
millions of children who are suffering from lack
of food. We must all work together to save our country
from this problem.
-- Beverly Johnson, supermodel
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The
war against hunger is truly mankind's war
of liberation.
-- John
F. Kennedy
Never
before has man had such capacity to control
his own environment, to end thirst and hunger,
to conquer poverty and disease, to banish
illiteracy and massive human misery. We
have the power to make this the best generation
of mankind in the history of the world --
or to make it the last.
-- John
F. Kennedy
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"Because
the suffering of any human being diminishes
all of us, it’s our responsibility to try
to ease that suffering. It is not a matter
of titles, but of responsibilities.”
-- Khaled
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There
is a hidden epidemic threatening the lives of millions
of Americans...hunger. In this land of plenty, it
is unthinkable that fellow citizens are going hungry.
Included among these millions are children who,
due to malnourishment, are not developing to their
full potential intellectually, emotionally or behaviorally.
The fortunate must provide for the unfortunate...
-- Swoosie Kurtz, actress
Our
great country is rich and abundant in so many ways.
It is totally unacceptable to me that we have children
and families going hungry!
-- Diane Ladd, actress
What
can I do to help? I am asking my senator to support
political action to end hunger in the greatest country
on this planet.
-- Martin Landau, actor
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Hunger
is a people-made phenomenon, so the central
issue is power: the power of those who make
the decisions about what is grown and who,
or what, it's grown for.
-- Frances
Moore Lappe |
The
day hunger disappears, the world will see the greatest
spiritual explosion humanity has ever seen.
-- Federico Garcia Lorca
The
people are hungry: It is because those in authority
eat up too much in taxes.
-- Lao Tzu
To
know that children are suffering and going without
food is intolerable in a society such as ours. I
hope that all our leaders, in both the public and
private sectors, will work tirelessly to eradicate
hunger. We all have a responsibility to bring back
life to our most precious natural resource.
-- Joan Lunden
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"Our
policy is directed not against any country
or doctrine but against hunger, poverty,
desperation and chaos. Its purpose should
be the revival of a working economy in the
world so as to permit the emergence of political
and social conditions in which free institutions
can exist."
-- George
C. Marshall (1880-1959)
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Every
child should be given the right to grow up and become
a productive citizen. This will not happen unless,
at the very least, basic food needs are met. Ending
childhood hunger should be a national priority.
-- Pamela Sue Martin, actress
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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
I
didn’t used to care about living a long
time. Not that I wasn’t enjoying life, but
I never sat around asking how I’d get to
be 100, you know. But now I want to live
long enough to see every school child in
the world getting a good, nutritious lunch
every day.
-- George
McGovern
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It
saddens me to think that there are children in America
who are hungry every day of their lives. No one
can live — and grow — withoiut such a fundamental
necessity as food. If we Americans reach out to
our own communities, we could end this crisis.
-- Tim McGraw, singer
We
cannot stand by and allow the future of our country
to be undermined by the reality of American children
going hungry! Please join in to help the 12 million
children who are malnourished in our country.
-- Donna Mills, actress
It
is unconscionable for children in our prosperous
country, or anywhere for that matter, to go without
food. I implore everyone to contact their local
and state representatives to encourage action to
end hunger.
-- Kevin Nealon, comedian
It
is an embarrassment that the United States, the
wealthiest nation, has people that go hungry.
-- Craig T. Nelson, actor
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We
must come to terms with our responsibility
to be the gatekeepers to end childhood hunger.
Our love for life can propel us to share
and provide a secure future for the children
of our country.
-- Edward
James Olmos, actor
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The
world produces enough food to feed the entire population.
It's a travesty that anyone should go hungry anywhere.
-- Donnie Osmond
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
We
say the United States is a rich country, but how
can we be rich when millions of poor American children
go to bed hungry?
-- Alexandra Paul, actress
How
unthinkable that, in a country of such bursting
plenty, so many people are facing ongoing
hunger and poverty. If we are truly each other's
keepers, let's support school lunches, food
stamps, neighborhood garden projects, and
so many other wonderful programs working to
put an end to this cruel and needless blight
once and for all.
-- Bonnie
Raitt |
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Even
one kid going hungry in America is one too many.
How can we stand by when the reality is that there
are more than 12 million underfed children in the
U.S.? We can make a difference.
-- Leann Rimes, singer
A
hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for
justice, nor is bent by any prayers.
-- Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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 |
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It's
hard to believe that, in the 1970's, America was
virtually hunger-free. During the past two decades,
we have allowed hunger to attack our most precious
resource, our children. We must reinstate and strengthen
programs to eliminate this blight on our society.
-- Kurtwood Smith, actor
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"There
is much suffering in the world - physical,
material, mental. The suffering of some
can be blamed on the greed of others. The
material and physical suffering is suffering
from hunger, from homelessness, from all
kinds of diseases. But the greatest suffering
is being lonely, feeling unloved, having
no one. I have come more and more to realize
that it is being unwanted that is the worst
disease that any human being can ever experience."
-- Mother
Teresa (1910-1998)
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Let's
share our abundance and make our country stronger.
We can encourage programs that collect and distribute
excess prepared food to local organizations that
are helping the hungry in our own communities. We
can also support programs that supply commodities
to food banks. It's all part of committing our country's
wealth and resources to end childhood hunger.
-- John Travolta
