Foreign Aid Quotes - Page 2

• The dominant orthodoxy in development economics was that Third World countries were trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty that could be broken only by massive foreign aid from the more prosperous industrial nations of the world. This was in keeping with a more general vision on the Left that people were essentially divided into three categories - the heartless, the helpless, and wonderful people like themselves, who would rescue the helpless by playing Lady Bountiful with the taxpayers' money.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Heart, Broken

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.72, Hoover Press

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• We need a revolution in development thinking and practice. Foreign aid, debt relief, family planning, democracy, education, and free markets have not succeeded.

  William Easterly

  Thinking, Practice, Democracy

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• ...Sound foreign policy is more than arms control, foreign aid and paying (United Nations) dues.

  John McCain

  Sound, Arms, Aids

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• If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S. membership in the UN; no gun control; and no foreign aid. We would have no welfare for big corporations, or the "poor"; no American troops in 100 foreign countries; no NAFTA, GAT, or "fast-track"; no arrogant federal judges usurping states rights; no attacks on private property; no income tax. We could get rid of most of the agencies, and most of the budget. The government would be small, frugal, and limited.

  Ron Paul

  Country, School, Gun

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• The US really has to get out in front. We are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute.

  Bill Gates

  Giving, Aids, Greenhouses

  "THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world". Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

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• None of what we [as country] have done is credited. None of the good works. Our foreign affairs budget, foreign aid budget, none of it is ever thanked.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Done, Affair

  "America Leads the World in Goodness". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. February 18, 2016.

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• 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

  Country, Hard Times, Rich Countries

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Foreign aid is not something the vast majority of Americans support, but definitely not conservatives.

  Rand Paul

  Support, Majority, Aids

  "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, www.realclearpolitics.com. January 3, 2012.

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• America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long.

  Robert M. Gates

  America, Long, Development

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• The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid.

  Bill Gates

  Believe, Government, Two

  Source: www.ctvnews.ca

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• A terrific, stimulating book...Ramalingam clearly and engagingly shows how the use of complex adaptive systems thinking can significantly strengthen and enhance the impacts and effectiveness of global foreign aid.

  Jerry Sabloff

  Book, Thinking, Impact

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• Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid - will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country

  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

  Country, Historical, Soldier

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• Im the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.

  Lindsey Graham

  Tunisia, Ranking, Republican

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• The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation by addressing the root causes of terrorism and conflict. But it's not just about security. By building new markets overseas for American products, the International Affairs Budget creates jobs and boosts the economy here at home.

  Tom Ridge

  Jobs, Home, Roots

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• I've put pencil to paper... and I've said I would cut spending, and I've said exactly where. Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.

  Rand Paul

  Country, Hate, Taken

  Rand Paul during GOP primary debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• The issue is: $1 trillion or $2 trillion is a lot of money. If our objective is to have stability in the Middle East, secure oil, or extend democracy, you can do a lot of democracy buying for this sum. To put it in context: The whole world spends $50 billion a year on foreign aid.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  Years, Oil, Issues

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• There is a profound contrast between the effects of foreign aid and of voluntary private investment: foreign aid goes from government to government. It is therefore almost inevitably statist and socialistic.

  Henry Hazlitt

  Government, Profound, Investment

  Henry Hazlitt (1996). “The Conquest of Poverty”

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• The world we live in takes a multifaceted approach. To the American taxpayer: We need to be investing in improving people's lives before the terrorists try to take over.

  Lindsey Graham

  People, Trying, Needs

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• There's a unique thing about the UK, where you give a very generous foreign aid budget to support globally, which is spent wisely. We partner with the government here to make sure that that money is spent well.

  Bill Gates

  Unique, Government, Giving

  Source: thesource.com

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• It is even possible that desirable redistribution is more likely to occur through climate change policy than otherwise, or to be accomplished more effectively through climate policy than through direct foreign aid.

  Cass Sunstein

  Climate, Aids, Accomplished

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• I know that historically our foundation has had great relations with all the administrations.[Bill] Clinton administration did a lot of outreach. The greatest rise in U.S. foreign aid was under the [George] Bush administration, that's where we got the AIDS initiative, which is called PEPFAR.

  Bill Gates

  Foundation, Bills, Administration

  Source: www.geekwire.com

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