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Quotes About Aid

All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well.
~ Andrew Mitchell
A craftsman who turned hunter to aid his people is always welcome at a warrior's campfire. Craftsmen are meticulous and methodical.
~ Christine Feehan
The rich world likes and wishes to believe that someone, somewhere, is doing something for the Third World. For this reason, it does not inquire too closely into the motives or practices of anyone who fulfills, however vicariously, this mandate.
~ Christopher Hitchens
he murmured something about how much could be done in Haiti if only he could get his hands on the money that the first world spent on pet grooming.
~ Tracy Kidder
We can spend sixty-eight thousand dollars per TB patient in New York City, but if you start giving watches or radios to patients here, suddenly the international health community jumps on you for creating nonsustainable projects.
~ Tracy Kidder
Giving people medicine for TB and not giving them food is like washing your hands and drying them in the dirt.
~ Tracy Kidder
War at all times, whether a civil war between sections of a common country or between nations, ought to be avoided, if possible with honor. But, once entered into, it is too much for human nature to tolerate an enemy within their ranks to give aid and comfort to the armies of the opposing section or nation.
~ Ulysses S. Grant
To know how to distinguish the agitation arising from covetousness, from the agitation arising from principles, to fight the one and aid the other, in this lies the genius and the power of great revolutionary leaders.
~ Victor Hugo
Relief for Migrants to Bankrupt State." Loreda flipped through the pages, saw article after article that claimed the migrants were bankrupting the state by demanding aid. Called them shiftless and lazy and criminal, reported that they lived like dogs "because they don't know any better.
~ Kristin Hannah
I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.
~ Kurt Vonnegut
Here was the radical notion that you might help someone simply because they needed it.
~ Laini Taylor
In Chicago a social worker discovered that at the same time budgets were cut for the provision of milk to children, large dogs at the animal shelter were allotted more money for meals than a man on relief.
~ Geraldine Youcha
Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
~ Giuseppe Garibaldi
What all of us hesitate to admit is that we tend to be more helpful to people who are like us.
~ Gordon Livingston
alcohol played the midwife
~ James Branch Cabell
The fight against Ebola cannot undermine the fight against poverty.
~ Mo Ibrahim
There has long been a debate in the aid community and in Africa about how to most effectively help situations of poverty in developing nations and underprivileged communities.
~ Marcus Samuelsson
What we should do, if you want to give more money to the people who are currently unemployed, just give them the money. Give them a lump sum of cash. Don't make them stay unemployed for another three months in order to get the checks.
~ Kevin Hassett
Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.
~ Hank Johnson
We want to give unemployment allowance and it is just a question of time and fund availability.
~ Amarinder Singh
We will continue to help communities prepare for - and recover from - the unexpected.
~ Doug McMillon
President Donald Trump's decision to ban American aid to all organisations that in any way advocate women's right to abortions is very unfortunate. All experience shows that this kind of decision does not reduce the number of abortions; rather, it forces girls and women to revert to life-threatening procedures.
~ Isabella Lovin
The shrewd help the strong.The wise help the weak.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
I had always sponsored children. At fifteen, I had sponsored two girls through Plan International.
~ Toni Garrn