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> [ Bill \[Gates\] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not. That's the place that governments often don't want to, or can't, work. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/bill-gates-and-i-believe-philanthropy-can-only-be-effective-if-it/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

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## Other authors on Governments Don

## More by Melinda Gates

> [I've travelled extensively in the last 16 years - to slums in Bangladesh, to townships in South Africa, to all kinds of places in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/i-ve-travelled-extensively-in-the-last-16-years-to-slums-in/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/i-think-it-s-very-important-that-we-instill-in-our-kids-that-it-has/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/a-woman-with-a-voice-is-by-definition-a-strong-woman-but-the-search/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/abortion-has-become-a-very-politicised-issue-that-i-think-countries/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [Men make different investments than women do. Women tend to invest more of their earnings than men do in their family's well-being - as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/men-make-different-investments-than-women-do-women-tend-to-invest/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in development: women as decision-makers. When women have the power to make choices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/contraceptives-unlock-one-of-the-most-dormant-but-potentially/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/poverty-disproportionately-affects-women-around-the-world/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [What great changes have not been ambitious?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/what-great-changes-have-not-been-ambitious/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [When girls are educated and free to pursue their passions, they contribute more to a thriving society. When women have a voice, they raise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/when-girls-are-educated-and-free-to-pursue-their-passions-they/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/you-are-indebted-to-life-until-you-help-some-less-fortunate-person/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/philanthropy-is-not-about-the-money-it-s-about-using-whatever/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that existed for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/in-different-places-you-run-into-myths-around-vaccination-or-around/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [“Anyone can be made to feel like an outsider. It’s up to the people who have the power to exclude. Often it’s on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/anyone-can-be-made-to-feel-like-an-outsider-it-s-up-to-the-people-who/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/having-children-made-us-look-differently-at-all-these-things-that-we/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

> [Now we just really need to do the work, which we're doing, to get contraceptives out to women worldwide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-gates/now-we-just-really-need-to-do-the-work-which-we-re-doing-to-get/)

[Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-gates/)

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