Quotes About Aid

I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.

You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people.

Trade is the all-but-forgotten weapon in the battle against poverty, but it can provide more help to the poor than aid can.

I was a hardliner with regard to colonialism, which had occupied Africa and large parts of the world. We were waging an armed struggle, and therefore, one had to be strong. But now, no one asks for weapons but for economic aid, which changes your position.

Beijing is on the move in Africa - using aid, diplomacy, weapons sales and Chinese ex pats in a bid to become the preeminent power in the region.

To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense... you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.

If the police need more help to do their work, I will not hesitate in granting it to them.

In 1988, when democracy was restored, the military establishment was still very powerful. The extremist groups were still there. And when the aid and assistance to Pakistan was cut, we had to adopt harsh economic policies. So in a way, it showed that democracy doesn't pay, and the military was able to reassert itself.

I have, never, ever once, ever gotten anything from any politician I've ever helped. Not one thing.

These places I've seen have clubbed my mind - they are so poor and depressing. I don't know what we can do to help these people, but we've got to do something.

Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.

The two things that could have been better is number one, to get major military force into the community almost immediately to make sure that there was law and order. Number two, we had enough helicopters to airlift food into the centers of population and those places.

Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.

The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty.

Haiti is in desperate poverty.

I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid.

Without contacts, I'm almost blind.

There's a lot of people that are in need. We're going little by little... I'm only one person, but we are contributing.

The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government.

Our aid budget has a crucial role to play in shaping the world according to our universal values of democracy, enterprise and justice.

It's terrible, a crutch, isn't it?

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid.

In our social contract, we have provisions that see to it that you take care of people who need some help.