Norman Borlaug

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

“You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery.”

“The first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.”

“There are no miracles in agricultural production.”

“Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.”

“A peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.”

“I am but one member of a vast team... who for many years have been fighting a quiet, often times losing, war on the food production front.”

“We must recognize the fact that adequate food is only the first requisite for life.”

“Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of the famine, as he has so often done in the past.”

“The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.”

“If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.”

“The green revolution has won a temporary success in man's war against hunger and deprivation; it has given man a breathing space.”

“There can be no permanent progress in the battle against hunger until the agencies that fight for increased food production and those that fight for population control unite in a common effort.”

“The forgotten world is made up primarily of the developing nations, where most of the people... live in poverty, with hunger as a constant companion.”