Humanitarian quotes
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I condemn the entry of a Russian so-called humanitarian convoy into Ukrainian territory without the consent of the Ukrainian authorities and without any involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
-- Anders Fogh Rasmussen -
Syria has become the great tragedy of this century - a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history,
-- Antonio Guterres -
Being a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists, human rights activists, it's all the same.
-- Daryl Hannah -
I gave a very dear friend of mine my humanitarian award. Because you don't need an award to be, or not be, a humanitarian.
-- Elizabeth Taylor -
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As Ethiopia goes, so goes the whole Horn of Africa - a region where instability can have major security and humanitarian implications for the United States and Europe.
-- Eskinder Nega -
A humanitarian is always a hypocrite.
-- George Orwell -
I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous crimes in nature.
-- Gregory Maguire -
I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in.
-- Gregory Peck -
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Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.
-- Harry Browne -
I shall die ... as I have lived, rationalist, socialist, pacifist, and humanitarian.
-- Henry Stephens Salt -
The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
-- Irving Babbitt -
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
-- Irving Babbitt -
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The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action.
-- Isabel Paterson -
No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked.
-- Jan Egeland -
I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues.
-- Julian Lennon -
Hamas is a humanitarian organization.
-- Nancy Pelosi -
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
-- Ralph Fiennes -
I see this as my humanitarian legacy. We're prepared to pay billions.
-- Sheldon Adelson -
If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, he's proselytizing.'
-- Tom Cruise -
We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid.
-- Woody Harrelson -
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There are good, humanitarian people everywhere - occasionally even in the Church.
-- Madalyn Murray O'Hair -
Humanitarian assistance and exchanges are still allowed, even under the sanctions regime on North Korea. Therefore, in parallel with sanctions and pressure, we must also employ humanitarian assistance. The meeting of separated families is also a measure to ensure human rights.
-- Moon Jae-in -
I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.
-- Alvin Adams -
Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.
-- Alvin Adams -
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The question shouldn't be what we ought to do, but what we can do.
-- Rory Stewart -
I shall die as I have lived, rationalist, socialist, pacifist, and humanitarian.
-- Henry Stephens Salt -
[About Jews] Sheer egotism compels us to the purest love of mankind as a whole.... Our hearts are like a sponge, receptive to all the newest humanitarian ideas; and our sympathy goes out to all the unfortunate, all the oppressed.
-- I. L. Peretz
