"Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but……" — Anthony Lewis
"Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially."
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20 Quotes by Anthony Lewis
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We Americans have a sense of ourselves as a moral people. We have led the way in the fight for…
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Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the…
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I was covering the Supreme Court when it decided Gideon v. Wainright, and the case has always had special meaning…
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Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources,…
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Faith in reason was the foundation stone of the United States.
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With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free.
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I am an optimist about America.
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Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to…
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The only way to security for Israel and a humane life for Palestinians in their own land is political. No…
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The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing…
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Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.
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Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity,…
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More Aid Quotes
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one of 747 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;…
— Aristotle
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The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible;…
— Charles Babbage
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Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their…
— Conrad Black
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U2 was involved in Live Aid, and I ended up going to Ethiopia and working there for some time with…
— Bono
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The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.
— James Buchan
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Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while…
— James Buchan
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At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call,…
— James Buchan
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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all…
— Edmund Burke
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There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
— Paul Cezanne
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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual…
— William Ellery Channing
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