Humanitarianism Quotes

• Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence; silence merely encourages them.

  Vaclav Havel

  Rights, People, Evil

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• It's really important to me to show the interconnectedness of things. I always try to illustrate how environmentalism, humanitarianism, animal rights - all those things - are one and the same.

  Daryl Hannah

  Animal, Rights, Important

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• Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?

  Denis Diderot

  Men, Ungrateful, Missing

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• Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Sacrifice, Being Sad, Humanity

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• Humanitarianism is the expression of stupidity and cowardice.

  Adolf Hitler

  Stupid, Expression, Humanitarian

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• Yet humanitarianism is not a purely Christian movement any more than it is a purely humanist one

  Christopher Dawson

  Christian, Movement, Literature

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• Tallulah [Bankhead] never bored anyone, and I consider that humanitarianism of a very high order indeed.

  Anita Loos

  Order, Bored, Bores

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• A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.

  Irving Babbitt

  Humanity, Desire, Progress

  Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”

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• The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man.

  William Graham Sumner

  Character, Men, Views

  William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.107, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because they might talk of them.

  Ben Jonson

  Men, Done, Benefits

  Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3194, Delphi Classics

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• The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forebearance among men.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Christian, Children, Humorous

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• My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.

  Abdul Sattar Edhi

  Volunteer, Religion, World

  "A Life Well Lived: A Tribute to Abdul Sattar Edhi". Waqar Haider Hashmi, Pakistaniaat (A Journal of Pakistan Studies), Volume 3, No. 2, 2011.

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• I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs -- there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.

  Linus Pauling

  Military, Believe, Evil

  Linus Pauling, Barbara Marinacci (1995). “Linus Pauling in His Own Words: Selections From His Writings, Speeches and Interviews”, p.163, Simon and Schuster

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• If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Long Ago, Pity, Alms

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.51, Penguin

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• Humanitarianism is rude.

  Fernando Pessoa

  Rude

  "The Book of Disquiet". Book by Fernando Pessoa, 1982.

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• Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.

  Saadi

  Dog, Wicked, Mouths

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• Science is the search for the truth--it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We need to have the spirit of science in international affairs, to make the conduct of international affairs the effort to find the right solution, the just solution of international problems, and not an effort by each nation to get the better of other nations, to do harm to them when it is possible. I believe in morality, in justice, in humanitarianism.

  Linus Pauling

  Truth, Believe, Games

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• The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Demand, Dignity, Individual

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• A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about one.

  H. L. Mencken

  People, Unhappy, Charity

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.17, Vintage

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• As long as there are slaughterhouses there will be battlefields. A vegetarian diet is the acid test of humanitarianism.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Peace, Passion, Vegetarian Diet

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• It is strange to hear people talk of Humanitarianism, who are members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to children and animals, and who claim to be God-loving men and women, but who, nevertheless, encourage by their patronage the killing of animals merely to gratify the cravings of appetite.

  Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish

  Children, Animal, Men

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• Humanitarianism needs no apology, even when its objects are Russians or Communists. Unless we recover that concern and feel it toward all men without exception, including those who are on the other side in every fratricidal dispute, we shall have lost the chief redeeming force in human history.

  Ralph Barton Perry

  Apology, Men, Needs

  "The Citizen Decides: A Guide to Responsible Thinking in Time of Crisis".

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• There was buried in Ruth humanitarianism beyond belief, an intelligence he was never given credit for, a childish desire to be over-virile, living up to credits given his home-run power - and yet a need for intimate affection and respect, and a feverish desire to play baseball, perform, act and live a life he didn't and couldn't take time to understand.

  Waite Hoyt

  Baseball, Running, Home

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• The ideal in Martial Arts is humanitarianism. Accomplishment uses diligence as a goal.

  Yip Man

  Art, Accomplishment, Goal

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• The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of remarkable Christian forbearance among men - were it not for a mawkish humanitarianism, coupled with imperfect digestive powers, we should devour our young, as Nature intended.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Christian, Men, Boys

  "Ambrose Bierce: A Biography". Book by Richard O'Connor, 1968.

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