Aid Quote by Raoul Peck Download Open image “International aid as a means of development is a major failure, and not just in Haiti.” — Raoul Peck ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Aid Development Failure International
One of the things we have to acknowledge is that if you look at Haiti, many billions of dollars have gone into development aid… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being… — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
When I came in, Haiti was not governed by Haitians anymore. Probably mostly by NGOs. And that has done what to Haiti? It has… — Michel Martelly Copy Share Image
The lessons are, unfortunately, that a small weak country that is facing an extremely hostile and very violent superpower will not make much progress… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Haitians must understand that they have to collaborate to resolve the country's problems - no one is coming to rescue them. — Jovenel Moise Copy Share Image
Haiti should remind us all that there is an immediate need to invest in and promote long-term development projects that are sustainable, scalable, and… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects. — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
I think it's really important for Haitians living abroad to go back and help with the development and infrastructure, especially because there are so… — Meta Golding Copy Share Image
The biggest problem Haiti has is the weakness of its public institutions. — Jovenel Moise Copy Share Image
Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed. — Iqbal Quadir Copy Share Image
America has been living on the back of the whole world! If you take how much energy we consume, like, 20 percent of the… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
You cannot be responsible for Jim Crow. You can not be responsible for racism. This is much more a problem for the person exercising racism.You are confronted with the reality of racism when you go in the streets, when the eyes of others come upon you. [James] Baldwin goes back with you to all the experiences you went through and… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
If you asked me today if there's a piece that I would do differently - there's nothing. Regret happens with all my films. — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Your tweet is as important as if you would have written a Ph.D. [dissertation] on the subject. — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
James Baldwin is one of the greatest, North American writers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. A prolific writer and a brilliant social critic, he foreshadowed the destructive trends happening now in the whole Western world and beyond, while always maintaining a sense of humanistic hope and dignity. He explored palpable, yet unspoken, intricacies of racial, sexual, and… — Raoul Peck Copy Share
When I left Haiti, I was eight. I went to the Congo where my father was working. The only images that I had were… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
I have always tried to put content in my work. It is a consistent challenge. — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Over the years, he disappeared - like a lot of our leaders disappear. [James Baldwin] was not assassinated, but somehow he went through those… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
You face the reality, whether it's hopeful or hopeless. What's your alternative? To lie down and die? — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Just try to be yourself and resist complacency and ignorance. All you can do is work, work; work and be disciplined. — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
You're telling me Beyonce is a revolutionary? Thirty years ago, you had those guys who raised their fists at the Olympic games, and they… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments. Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil… — John Prendergast Copy Share Image
Much of the aid we first gave to Russia we took away from what we promised Britain. So in a sense, Britain participated in… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Taiwan gives a lot of foreign aid to Costa Rica, so it looks like they are basically buying the right to fish, even though… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
“Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken by as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money. The giving of money has thus become our characteristic virtue. But to give is not to do. The money is given in lieu of action, thought, care, time. And it is no remedy for the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share
“I would not be among you to-night (being awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) but for the mentors, colleagues and students who have guided and aided me throughout my scientific life. I wish I could name them all and tell you their contributions. More, however, than anyone else it was the late Rudolf Schoenheimer, a brilliant scholar… — Konrad Bloch Copy Share
When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations, and making bold steps that change the course of history, the United States is usually on… — Seth Berkley Copy Share Image
The Europeans had made two promises to the United States if Marshall Plan help was forthcoming. The first promise was maximum self-help on the… — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
“And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of… — Ric Keller Copy Share Image
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
I remember bumming rides across town to Georgia Tech, trying to get myself registered, trying to apply for financial aid, trying to get their… — Nick Ferguson Copy Share Image
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