Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
It's true that I refused foreign aid. It's true. It wasn't my personal decision, however - it was the whole country that… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
None of what we [as country] have done is credited. None of the good works. Our foreign affairs budget, foreign aid budget,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I have said it before but it bears repeating: Aid is not a gift. The United States provides foreign assistance because it… — Howard Berman Copy Share Image
Taiwan gives a lot of foreign aid to Costa Rica, so it looks like they are basically buying the right to fish,… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well. — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long. — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
Government-to-government foreign aid promotes statism, centralized planning, socialism, dependence, pauperization, inefficiency, and waste. It prolongs the poverty it is designed to cure.… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Worldviews also largely determine people’s opinions on matters of ethics and politics. What you think about abortion, euthanasia, same-sex relationships, public education,… — James N. Anderson Copy Share Image
It seems that other parts of the world ought to be concerned about what we think of them instead of what they… — George Wallace Copy Share Image
For the United States, supporting international development is more than just an expression of our compassion. It is a vital investment in… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I came to Congress on the promise of cutting wasteful government spending. There are plenty of examples of the government playing loose… — Ted Yoho Copy Share Image
Health care's a great example. We spend billions of dollars a year in foreign aid helping people in countries where the money… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
One of the most ridiculous defenses of foreign aid is that it is a very small part of our national income. If… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress, think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That's why… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
“Putting an end to foreign aid is impractical and would likely lead to additional human suffering. It is impractical because citizens of… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“For we were not always burdened by debt, dependent on foreign aid and handouts; in the stories we tell of ourselves we… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“really wish the Jews again in Judea an independent nation.” (President John Adams, 1798) “It remained for Richard Nixon to… — John Price Copy Share Image
The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect… — Tom Ridge Copy Share Image
Maybe this will be the beginning of a trend? Flat taxes, cutting foreign aid, a referendum on Europe, grammar schools. Who knows? — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
Foreign aid should not be automatic. Countries should have to make their case every year, and American officials should openly decide what,… — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
Supposedly the premier torchbearer for global human rights, the UNHRC is severely compromised and serves no strategic purpose to the U.S.; as… — Anna Paulina Luna Copy Share Image
Foreign aid is important. If it's done right, it spreads America's influence around the world in a positive way. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte Copy Share Image
It is hard to sell Congress and the American people on foreign aid. Is it harder to do that than it is… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors. — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the… — Lee H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
A national movement, which does not include in its platform the demand for an economical change advantageous to the masses has no… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
An approach to foreign aid which is fit for the 21st Century is a win for the developing world, and a win… — Penny Mordaunt Copy Share Image
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
Foreign aid, though less than 1% of the annual federal budget, is often a hard case to make to constituents who are… — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
Foreign aid, especially when there is a lot of it, affects how institutions function and how they change. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“China should significantly augment the foreign aid and public goods it provides, so it can use these as a bargaining chip in… — Wang Yizhou Copy Share Image
We need a revolution in development thinking and practice. Foreign aid, debt relief, family planning, democracy, education, and free markets have not… — William Easterly Copy Share Image
Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense...but when foreign aid is carefully guided and targeted at a specific… — Kay Granger Copy Share Image
Barack Obama has talked a lot about changing the way America relates to the world, and few areas are as ripe for… — Iqbal Quadir Copy Share Image
Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image