Humanitarian Aid Quotes

• Every dollar that we send in State Department aid or humanitarian aid that saves us from having to get involved with very expensive military actions is a good investment. And frankly, helping Israel fight terrorism in the Middle East is much cheaper than us fighting it here on our shores.

  Anthony Weiner

  Military, Fighting, Israel

  "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, transcripts.cnn.com. January 27, 2011.

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• The first question is something immediate -- and immediately, we need humanitarian aid to be allowed into the Sudan before it becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

  George Clooney

  Needs, World, Firsts

  "George Clooney arrested in Sudan protest", www.cnn.com. March 21, 2012.

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• Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicisation of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanisation of politics.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Children, Thinking, Care

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• We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid.

  Woody Harrelson

  Block, War, Humanitarian

  "I'm an American tired of American lies" by Woody Harrelson, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2002.

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• No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked.

  Jan Egeland

  People, Humanitarian, Protect

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• Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people.

  Howard Zinn

  War, People, Helping

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• No man can write who is not first a humanitarian

  William Faulkner

  Writing, Men, Firsts

  1957 In Time, 25 Feb.

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• [It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting the terrorists at the same time. You cannot, you have to choose.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Mean, Fighting, Important

  Source: www.globalresearch.ca

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• It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people.

  Leon Panetta

  Country, People, Giving

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• 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 area [in Cambodia].

  Angelina Jolie

  Risk, Kind, Humanitarian

  Interview with Jenny Lange, www.unhcr.org. October 21, 2002.

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