Done Quote by Peter Maurer

For anybody that works in any kind of demining or any kind of humanitarian aid work, there is danger and it's always a high-risk…

— Angelina Jolie

NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more…

— Arundhati Roy

To respond to people's needs, humanitarian action has evolved from a temporary fix to a long-term safety net.

— Peter Maurer

One thing the humanitarian world doesn't do well is marketing. As a journalist, I get pitched every day by companies that have new products.…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme…

— Angelina Jolie

The humanitarian aid system is built on a concept that when disaster strikes, outside agencies provide a temporary helping hand until people can take…

— Antonio Guterres

The creative capacity of the private sector should be harnessed to develop new and more effective ways to deliver humanitarian solutions.

— Peter Maurer

There are few professions whose primary objective is to advance the cause of humanity rather than simply to make money or accrue power. Among…

— Jack McDevitt

There is never a humanitarian solution for a humanitarian crisis. The solutions for the humanitarian crisis are always political ones.

— Antonio Guterres

These early decisions can foreclose many opportunities to reshape the patterns of development in a community so as to make it better and safer…

— Jim Schwab

I think the more dangerous and dire the political circumstances seem, the more you attach value to anything that shows you why a human…

— Kenneth Lonergan

The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we…

— Michael Hastings