Bruce Jackson

The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism. Each of those wars has budgets, legislation, offices, officials, letterhead - everything necessary in a bureaucracy to tell you something is real.

Public Servant

Paramahansa Yogananda

Sri Yukteswar showed no special consideration to those who happened to be powerful or accomplished; neither did he slight others for their poverty or illiteracy. He would listen respectfully to words of truth from a child, and openly ignore a conceited pundit.

Indian Leader

Naveen Jain

As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life.

Indian Businessman

Maya Angelou

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

American Poet

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.

Pakistani Scientist

Coretta Scott King

There is no reason why a nation as rich as ours should be blighted by poverty, disease, and illiteracy.

American Activist

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

I have a vision of India: an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.

Indian Statesman

Ken Jennings

I have condemned my kids to a lifetime of geographic illiteracy.

American Celebrity

Ronald Knox

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

English Theologian

Karen Black

Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.

American Actress

Illiteracy refers to the fundamental ability to read and write, essential in everyday life.

Basic Skills

Illiteracy is a critical global issue, affecting economic development and personal growth.

Global Issue

Illiteracy can be a social stigma, limiting job opportunities and community involvement.

Social Impact

Illiteracy can also mean lacking knowledge in a specialized field, not just reading or writing.

Specialized Knowledge

In some professions, illiteracy in certain areas can hinder career advancement.

Job Market

Illiteracy doesn't necessarily mean a person is uneducated; they could be knowledgeable in other areas.

Common Misconceptions

 you wouldn't pay for someone to go to the cinema for you and have fun on your behalf, or, at least, not yet. Maybe sometime in the future, we will. So, let me give you an example of delegation in practice, right. So this is -- probably the thing I'm most passionate about is the research that we've been doing on illiteracy

Jan Chipchase: The...

 despite her illiteracy and the misogyny of the time. It was perhaps this precedent that inspired Juana’s lifelong confidence. At age three, she secretly followed her older sister to school. When she later learned that higher education was open only to men, she begged her mother to let her attend in disguise.

History's "worst" nun -...

 Income has gone up for a majority of the world's population, despite the population going up by about two billion people over this period. And illiteracy has gone down, from a half to about a quarter of the people on Earth. A huge opportunity, unleashing of new potential for innovation, for development.

Ian Goldin: Navigating...

 that income has gone up for majority of the world's population despite the population going up by about two billion people over this period and illiteracy has gone down from 1/2 to about a quarter the people on earth a huge opportunity unleashing of new potential

Navigating Our Global...

 how it operates, how it flows, what part of it is visible, what part of it is not, why some people have it, why that's compounded. And as a result of this illiteracy, those few who do understand how power operates in civic life, those who understand

Eric Liu: Why ordinary...

 That could pose a potential danger to the society, but who knows; we're in a globalized world, so they can look for girlfriends from other countries. Most of them have fairly good education. The illiteracy rate in China among this generation

Yang Lan: The generation...

 I thought. I now had an obligation to meet those on the path and help, and it was crazy because I now cared about my community. Wow, imagine that. I cared about my community. Financial illiteracy is a disease

How I learned to read --...

 but in support of young males in my community. The challenge is to eradicate this cycle of emotional illiteracy and groupthink that allows our males to continue to victimize others as well as themselves.

How I unlearned...

 rural areas where they live on subsistence farming there is a high illiteracy high fat illiterate women cannot make decisions about their health due to cultural barriers and knowns and

The First Ladies of...

 So, we gave it all back, and then we set up three foundations, working on some of the major problems of the illiteracy, poverty, pandemic diseases -- particularly HIV/AIDS --