“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.”— Norman Borlaug
“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.”— Norman Borlaug
“It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.”— Marcus Porcius Cato
“It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people.”— Bob Geldof
“There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population is suffering from hunger.”— John Boyd Orr
“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.”— Norman Borlaug
“The green revolution has won a temporary success in man's war against hunger and deprivation; it has given man a breathing space.”— Norman Borlaug