Humanitarian Quotes - Page 7

• Roger Casement is an intriguing figure - humanitarian, Irish revolutionary, gay - and much had and would be written about him, there was something about his character as a conflicted man, an Irish Protestant who spent much of his time representing England in different African nations, a gay man who, true to the times, kept his sexual orientation to himself, that kept playing in my head. I read on and around him, but a historical figure is not a story - it's not even a character - so my story, the one that I would develop into Valiant Gentlemen, had yet to reveal itself.

  Sabina Murray

  Character, Gay, Men

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Our agreements on creating the conditions for preparing a peace treaty [with Japan] should be rooted in this trust. This may be achieved, for example, by large-scale economic activities that will also cover the Kuril Islands. It may be achieved by solving purely humanitarian issues, for instance, unhindered visa-free travel by former residents of the Southern Kuril Islands to where they used to live: visiting cemeteries, native places and so on.

  Vladimir Putin

  Creating, Issues, Islands

  Source: www.rt.com

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• The Prime Minister [Shinzō Abe] also highlighted the need to address general humanitarian issues. We already mentioned one of these issues: visa-free travel by Japanese citizens to the South Kuril Islands.

  Vladimir Putin

  Islands, Issues, Needs

  Source: www.rt.com

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• I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe. Greeks, especially on the islands, have shown extraordinary compassion and they've rightly earned the admiration of the world.

  Barack Obama

  Compassion, Europe, Islands

  "Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Joint Press Conference". obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. November 15, 2016.

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• Our national leaders tend to try to protect the national interest as they see it. They may screw up in that, but they at least see that as their role. In contrast, where issues of our national values are involved, which covers pretty much any humanitarian issue, they pretty much drop the ball.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  Leader, Trying, Protect

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• What's going on in Syria is the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. And we are punishing those who are suffering most in this circumstance, in this condition. We vet refugees from Syria for a period of 18 to 24 months before they're allowed to come to the United States. And, you know, if you will permit me, I think we know more about them by the time they get here than we know about the president's finances.

  Daniel Benjamin

  War, Thinking, Suffering

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I don't want to beat people over the head with my political views. It's more about the humanitarian aspect of it.

  Lucinda Williams

  People, Political, Political View

  Source: music.avclub.com

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• I just have to tell you that the provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength. And if Russia chooses to be involved and continue, I should say, to be involved in this barbaric attack on civilians in Aleppo, the United States of America should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the Assad regime to prevent them from this humanitarian crisis that is taking place in Aleppo.

  Mike Pence

  Military, Crisis, Be Prepared

  "Transcript of the 2016 Debate Between the Running Mates", www.nytimes.com. October 5, 2016.

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• Humanitarian assistance and exchanges are still allowed, even under the sanctions regime on North Korea. Therefore, in parallel with sanctions and pressure, we must also employ humanitarian assistance. The meeting of separated families is also a measure to ensure human rights.

  Moon Jae-in

  Human Rights, North Korea, Meetings

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous crimes in nature.

  Gregory Maguire

  Use, Crime, Humanist

  Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.164, Harper Collins

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• It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often the definition used for terrorism.

  Joichi Ito

  Rights, Law, Would Be

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• Fourth, we will continue providing humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. This includes Sunni and Shia Muslims who are at grave risk, as well as tens of thousands of Christians and other religious minorities. We cannot allow these communities to be driven from their ancient homelands.

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Religious, Islamic

  President Obama's Speech on Combating ISIS and Terrorism, www.cnn.com. September 10, 2014.

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• It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people.

  Leon Panetta

  Country, People, Giving

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• Unanimity of opinion may be fitting for a church, for the frightened or greedy victims of some (ancient, or modern) myth, or for the weak and willing followers of some tyrant. Variety of opinion is necessary for objective knowledge. And a method that encourages variety is also the only method that is comparable with a humanitarian outlook.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Knowledge, Science, Tyrants

  Paul Feyerabend (1975). “Against method: outline of an anarchistic theory of knowledge”, Not Avail

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• When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics.

  Bianca Jagger

  Perseverance, Commitment, Order

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• He [Will Rogers] was America's most complete human document. One-third humor. One-third humanitarian. One-third heart.

  Damon Runyon

  Heart, America, Roger

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• Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.

  Wendell Willkie

  Military, War, Race

  Wendell L. Willkie (1943). “Prefaces TO PEACE”

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• A man may have strong humanitarian and democratic principles, but if he happens to have been brought up as a bath-taking, shirt-changing lover of fresh air, he will have to overcome certain physical repugnance before he can bring himself to put those principles into practice.

  Aldous Huxley

  Strong, Men, Air

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• If I don’t talk about my religion, if I say I’m not discussing it or different humanitarian things I’m working on, they’re like, “He’s avoiding it.” If I do talk about it, it becomes, “Oh, he’s proselytizing.”

  Tom Cruise

  Different, Avoiding, Proselytizing

  "Tom Cruise Talks 'Rock of Ages' and Oprah-gate in his 2012 Playboy Interview". Interview with Michael Fleming, www.playboy.com. June 9, 2017.

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• Every dollar that we send in State Department aid or humanitarian aid that saves us from having to get involved with very expensive military actions is a good investment. And frankly, helping Israel fight terrorism in the Middle East is much cheaper than us fighting it here on our shores.

  Anthony Weiner

  Military, Fighting, Israel

  "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, transcripts.cnn.com. January 27, 2011.

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• The only person on this ship who gets paid for what they do is you, Alix. The rest of us live off our trust funds and we use those funds for our humanitarian missions. I do what I do because I can’t stand to see innocent people bullied by a corrupt government. I don’t want to see a baby starve and die because some fat politician wants to work its parents into the ground for a mineral most of them can’t even pronounce. (Devyn)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Baby, Government, People

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born of Ice”, p.213, Macmillan

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• I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in humanitarian work. It's the least one can do.

  Emmanuelle Beart

  Thinking, Actresses, Well Known

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.

  Ralph Fiennes

  Impulse, Wells, Aspire

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• I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street.

  Andrew Young

  Wall, Believe, People

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• Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than his country - bigger than all the Presidents together. We are still too near to his greatness,' (Leo) Tolstoy (in 1908) concluded, 'but after a few centuries more our posterity will find him considerably bigger than we do. His genius is still too strong and powerful for the common understanding, just as the sun is too hot when its light beams directly on us.' (748)

  Doris Kearns Goodwin

  Country, Strong, Powerful

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