Nicholas D. Kristof

Neither left nor right has focused adequately on maternal health

— Nicholas D. Kristof

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

It is better to inconsistently save some lives than to consistently save none.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

A little bit of attention can go a long way.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

In the long struggle against sex trafficking, we finally have a breakthrough!

— Nicholas D. Kristof

It's easy to keep issuing blame to Republicans or the president

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Compassion isn't a sign of weakness, but a mark of civilization.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Women aren't the problem but the solution. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy than an opportunity.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

The equivalent of five jumbo jets' worth of women die in labor each day, but the issue is almost never covered.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

I think when hundreds of thousands of lives are on the line, you might have to set aside some principles.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition

— Nicholas D. Kristof

“It appears that more girls have been killed in the last fifty years, precisely because they were girls, than men were killed…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Americans have called on moderates in Muslim countries to speak out against extremists, to stand up for the tolerance they say they…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

China was probably the worst place in the world to grow up female 100 years ago. There was foot binding, female infanticide,…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Our nearly century-long experiment in banning marijuana has failed as abysmally as Prohibition did... In contrast, legalizing and taxing marijuana would bring…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Look, we'll have to confront the pathologies of poverty at some point. We can deal with them cheaply at the front end,…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

One of the things that really got to me was talking to parents who had been burned out of their villages, had…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

“The implication of the sex ratios, Professor Sen found, is that about 107 million females are missing from the globe today. Follow-up…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

“It was in 1931 that the historian James Truslow Adams coined the phrase “the American dream.” The American dream is not just…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

American airstrikes...create risks, especially if our intelligence there is rusty. The crucial step, and the one we should apply diplomatic pressure to…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

So Kim Kardashian is getting a divorce, 72 days after a wedding that is variously reported to have cost $10 million or…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were "supposed" to suffer. One…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

The trails are a reminder of our insignificance. We come and go, but nature is forever. It puts us in our place,…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

“A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with starfish that have washed up in the tide.…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

“Philanthropists and donors traditionally haven't been sufficiently interested in women's rights abroad, giving money instead to higher brow causes such as the…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

One of the principles of journalism is you don't lie. You never lie.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

“What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce. —MARK TWAIN”

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Guilt-tripping people does not work; they tend to be turned off.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Isn't it time to talk not only about weather, but also about climate?

— Nicholas D. Kristof

I think it's dangerous to be optimistic.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

It's important not to demonize [Donald's] Trump voters.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives

— Nicholas D. Kristof