For some people, this [presentation] may seem far fetched, but ending poverty is both [ethically] necessary and actually feasible. All of us must play a role in making it happen. All human beings want, and have a [way] to live in dignity, to determine our own destinies, and to be respected by other, by other people. Despite the universality of [three] rights, our capacities to fulfill them vary enormously, and no [divining] line is more profound in influencing the quality of our lives than the gulf between poverty and prosperity.