Quotes by Rich Countries 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 rich-countries country children I am moved by the spirit of Angolans and the work UNICEF is doing, but I am saddened by the hardships I have seen, and the fact that a little flexing of financial muscle from rich countries could do so much. Alyssa Milano rich-countries country children But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid. Barack Obama rich-countries stupid country Funding from rich countries to help the poor and vulnerable adapt to climate change is not even one percent of what is needed. This glaring injustice must be addressed at Copenhagen in December . Barbara Stocking rich-countries climate country The world is very disparate, in terms of the US using the most energy per person, and then the other rich countries - Europe, Japan, New Zealand - using about half of what we do, and then the world average being about a fifth of what we use, with China just now surpassing the world average. Bill Gates rich-countries japan country Rich countries can afford to overpay for things. Bill Gates rich-countries rich country We [US] are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute. This is another issue where hopefully we will take a long-term approach which, even though we sometimes have a hard time doing that, it's easier for us, as a rich country with this kind of scientific depth, than it is for the poor countries who will suffer the problems. Bill Gates rich-countries hard-times country Climate change is a huge problem, an almost insoluble problem, for two reasons. One is the habits of the West in terms of consumption. The other is the incredible iniquity between poor countries and rich countries on this planet. Bill McKibben rich-countries two country Decades of Saddam’s rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one. Chris Kyle rich-countries oil country Rich countries want unfettered access to poor countries' markets, which are often heavily protected by tariffs, but they don't want to give up all the protections for their own goods and services. Daniel Altman rich-countries giving-up country I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas Emma Thompson rich-countries country thinking We should be a rich country again, and if we do that, we can leave Social Security. Donald Trump rich-countries social country The great question for our time is, how to make sure that the continuing scientific revolution brings benefits to everybody rather than widening the gap between rich and poor. To lift up poor countries, and poor people in rich countries, from poverty, to give them a chance of a decent life, technology is not enough. Technology must be guided and driven by ethics if it is to do more than provide new toys for the rich. Freeman Dyson rich-countries technology country A developed country isn’t a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation. Gustavo Petro rich-countries car country Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more competitors emerging through the nationalistic policies they themselves successfully used in the past. Ha-Joon Chang rich-countries country past Gore Vidal, the American writer, once described the American economic system as 'free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich'. Macroeconomic policy on the global scale is a bit like that. It is Keynesianism for the rich countries and monetarism for the poor. Ha-Joon Chang rich-countries socialism country The rich countries are rich because of their practices at home, and because of their readiness to adopt and adapt new things, such as Chinese inventions or New World crops. Ibn Warraq rich-countries home country Most people acquire most of their knowledge outside school, and in school only insofar as school, in a few rich countries, has become their place of confinement during an increasing part of their lives. Ivan Illich rich-countries country school Contrary to what you might think, China's economy is relatively less efficient, and more polluting, than those of rich countries. James Fallows rich-countries country thinking Senator John Kerry released his plan today to eliminate the deficit. He said all we have to do is find a really rich country like Switzerland and marry it. Jay Leno rich-countries switzerland country 123»