Humanitarian Quotes

160 Humanitarian quotes by 131 unique authors

Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and… — Jan Egeland
Further, Japan is the second largest donor in Iraq after the United States, with over $5 billion dollars for humanitarian, infrastructure and reconstruction projects. — Michael K. Simpson
This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide -- the world's greatest humanitarian tragedy of the late 20th century. The international community had pledged… — Park Geun-hye
From the strictest humanitarian viewpoint, any attempt to stop the processes by which over crowded cities purge themselves is not a kindness. — Robert A. Heinlein
You are quite correct in saying that I banned the export of monkeys on a humanitarian basis and not because the number was lessening. I… — Morarji Desai
As a very young man I signed a declaration - 'I renounce war and will never support another'. That was in 1939 and I have… — Unknown Author
I see this as my humanitarian legacy. We're prepared to pay billions. — Sheldon Adelson
Being a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists, human rights activists, it's all the same. — Daryl Hannah
The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action. — Isabel Paterson
The humanitarian wishes to be a prime mover in the lives of others. He cannot admit either the divine or the natural order, by which… — Isabel Paterson
What kind of world does the humanitarian contemplate as affording him full scope? It could only be a world filled with breadlines and hospitals, in… — Isabel Paterson
When I was growing up I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents. It's not a humanitarian thing,… — Angelina Jolie
Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with… — Kofi Annan
Today, we have more than 110,000 men and women deployed in conflict zones around the world. They come from nearly 120 countries ... Thanks to… — Ban Ki-moon
The explosion of a terrorist's single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster. An accidental military launch… — Alan Cranston
The UN is committed to the goal of ensuring that all nations share in economic, social, & scientific progress. It delivers humanitarian assistance to the… — Bill Bradley
There are people starving in the siege, there are children traumatized and terrified. There are men women and children dying. This is a situation that… — Hanan Ashrawi
The problem with the United States is that it is making an increased use of drones/Predators [which are] particularly prominently used now in relation to… — Philip Alston
And the greatest praise to India is this: not only are her people beautiful; not only are her daily life and cult beautiful; but, in… — Savitri Devi
I really want to move away from the old model in which you have to rely on people giving $10 after a humanitarian crisis to… — Chris Hughes
It's a great humanitarian injustice. Their families are here and they've been here. It's long past time for them to be reunited. — Jeff Cohen
If the Americans do not want to support us anymore, let them go, get out! Let them forget their humanitarian promises! — Nguyen Van Thieu
There seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes, — Navi Pillay
I condemn the entry of a Russian so-called humanitarian convoy into Ukrainian territory without the consent of the Ukrainian authorities and without any involvement of… — Anders Fogh Rasmussen
If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism. — Stanley Hauerwas

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