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Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people. -- Howard Zinn
The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian. -- Daniel D. Palmer
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead. -- Voltaire
I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns. -- Jeff Bingaman
Rising sea levels, severe draughts, the melting of the polar caps, the more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. -- Leon Panetta
My humanitarian work evolved from being with my family. My mom, my dad, they really set a great example for giving back. My mom was a nurse, my dad was a school teacher. But my mom did a lot of things for geriatrics and elderly people. She would do home visits for free. -- Cat Cora
Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs. -- Jesse Jackson
Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. -- Eric Maisel
Humanitarian goods and people must flow in both directions. Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp. -- David Cameron
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
Humanitarian issues must bring together all people who act in good faith trying to alleviate the suffering of people in dire need - especially women, children and the elderly. -- Sergei Lavrov
Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case brought to the Supreme Court by the Obama administration, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project. -- Noam Chomsky
Hamas is a humanitarian organization. -- Nancy Pelosi
A humanitarian is always a hypocrite. -- George Orwell
I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser. -- Mother Jones
The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action. -- Isabel Paterson
No man can write who is not first a humanitarian -- William Faulkner
I see this as my humanitarian legacy. We're prepared to pay billions. -- Sheldon Adelson
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. -- Irving Babbitt
Being a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists, human rights activists, it's all the same. -- Daryl Hannah
The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind. -- Norman Borlaug
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid. -- Woody Harrelson
The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. -- Irving Babbitt
There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well. -- Ralph Fiennes
Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love. -- Mother Teresa
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
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
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
Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself. -- Billy Joel
I think no one knows what humanitarian intervention means. If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism. -- Stanley Hauerwas
Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics. -- Audrey Hepburn
It is better for the Arab countries themselves to interfere out of their national, humanitarian, political and military duties and to do what is necessary to stop the bloodshed in Syria. -- Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place. -- Jeff Koons
History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign entanglements that do more harm than good. -- Samantha Power
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made. -- Pope Benedict XVI
I think it may not be a coincidence that the rise of printing and book publication and literacy and the phenomenon of best sellers all preceded the humanitarian reforms of the Enlightenment. -- Steven Pinker
I love traveling. It not only opens my mind up, but it also allows me to use my fame in another way through humanitarian works and stuff, and being an influence around the world. -- Chris Tucker
Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth to sell records. Maybe it's because of my upbringing, but I do consider myself a moral guy. -- Jesse McCartney
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
A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism. -- Irving Babbitt
I suffer from the same frustration that every decent American suffers from. That is, that you begin to wonder whether decent liberal instincts, decent humanitarian instincts, can actually penetrate the right-wing voice, get through the steering of American opinion by the mass media. -- John le Carre
Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing. -- Audrey Hepburn
We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and it's a pathological way for a society to run its affairs. -- Marianne Williamson
The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going outside. If you log off for a few days, your character will be more 'rested' when you resume playing, a mode that temporarily speeds up your leveling. -- Clive Thompson
Anytime you and I question the schemes of the do-gooders, we're denounced as being against their humanitarian goals. They say we're always "against" things-we're never "for" anything. Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so. -- Ronald Reagan
There are still civil rights issues. There are still people who can't be visited by their spouse in the hospital because they're gay. These are humanitarian issues. At the end of the day, all you want is for people to be happy in the pursuit of life, love and liberty. -- Brandi Carlile
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
I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we know the terrible humanitarian consequences from the use of even one weapon. As long as such weapons exist, so, too, will the risks of use and proliferation. -- Ban Ki-moon
The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this. -- Bono
As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief. -- Ban Ki-moon
I think Aleppo is a disaster, humanitarian-wise. -- Donald Trump
Rather than being a human, be a humanitarian -- Kowtham Kumar K
Aleppo is a disaster. It's a humanitarian nightmare. -- Donald Trump
Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move. -- Yusuf Hamied
No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked. -- Jan Egeland
Liberals love to strike generous, humanitarian poses with other people's lives. -- Ann Coulter
The outstanding doctor constantly emphasized the humanitarian aspect of medical care. -- Benjamin Carson
The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation. -- Richelle E. Goodrich
I shall die ... as I have lived, rationalist, socialist, pacifist, and humanitarian. -- Henry Stephens Salt
I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street. -- Andrew Young
I've got different things going on - part spiritualist, part humanitarian, part brat. -- Mike Love
President-elect [Donald] Trump has promised a safe zone, a humanitarian zone [in Syria]. -- Martha Raddatz
The natural economic, humanitarian and social integration do not require any armed forces. -- Vladimir Putin
Unfortunately, the greater the humanitarian outreach, the greater the violence required to achieve it. -- Ron Paul
He [Will Rogers] was America's most complete human document. One-third humor. One-third humanitarian. One-third heart. -- Damon Runyon
Why do we have to be a military superpower? Why can't we be a humanitarian superpower? -- Howard Zinn
A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it's the humanitarian principle he's defending, I suppose. -- Rachel Cusk
The Great Seal was an early proclamation of 'humanitarian intervention,' to use the currently fashionable phrase. -- Noam Chomsky
Indeed, the truth, the reality of the Kosovo War, was actually hidden behind all the 'humanitarian' faces. -- Paul Virilio
It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work. -- Cat Stevens
I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues. -- Julian Lennon
All people are endowed with the faculty of compassion, and for this reason can develop the humanitarian spirit. -- Albert Schweitzer
A war is going to destroy our economy even further. It's going to be a threefold humanitarian disaster. -- Janeane Garofalo
I am not a political figure. The fact is I am a humanitarian figure and always will be. -- Princess Diana
Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian. -- Levon Helm
The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive. -- Mahatma Gandhi
A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying. -- Boris Yeltsin
If the Americans do not want to support us anymore, let them go, get out! Let them forget their humanitarian promises! -- Nguyen Van Thieu
My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense. -- Marianne Williamson
If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism. -- Stanley Hauerwas
I've made humanitarian causes and my children much more my priority than the Hollywood scene, being liked and getting movie parts. -- Sharon Stone
Science is essentially an anarchic enterprise: theoretical anarchism is more humanitarian and more likely to encourage progress than its law-and-order alternatives. -- Paul Feyerabend
The United States should help strengthen nongovernmental humanitarian agencies working in Sudan so that they can handle an increased flow of aid. -- Elliott Abrams
All South Sudanese deserve consistent and unimpeded humanitarian assistance, regardless of if they live in areas held by rebel or government forces. -- John Prendergast
Syria has become the great tragedy of this century - a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history, -- Antonio Guterres
We have very close humanitarian contacts [with China], wide-ranging youth exchanges, educational and regional contacts, and all of them continue to develop. -- Vladimir Putin
We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one. -- Tony Abbott
It's a great humanitarian injustice. Their families are here and they've been here. It's long past time for them to be reunited. -- Jeff Cohen
Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis. There is no way forward without ending the occupation. -- Jean Parker
From the strictest humanitarian viewpoint, any attempt to stop the processes by which over crowded cities purge themselves is not a kindness. -- Robert A. Heinlein
Religion to be true must satisfy what may be termed humanitarian economics, that is, where the income and the expenditure balance each other. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Further, Japan is the second largest donor in Iraq after the United States, with over $5 billion dollars for humanitarian, infrastructure and reconstruction projects. -- Michael K. Simpson
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
Further, Japan is the second largest donor in Iraq after the United States, with over $5 billion dollars for humanitarian, infrastructure and reconstruction projects." -- Michael K. Simpson
... the long-lasting humanitarian impact of these inhuman weapons continues to deny communities the opportunity to rebuild long after the end of the conflicts. -- Kofi Annan
Before Angelina Jolie became a humanitarian, she was best known for wearing a vial of blood around her neck and kissing her brother. -- Stephen Rodrick
For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Anyone who is speaking of a greater compassion, a greater humanitarian concern, is a leader paving the path we all need to follow. -- Marianne Williamson
The United States has overstepped its borders in all spheres - economic, political and humanitarian - and has imposed itself on other states. -- Vladimir Putin
There seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes, -- Navi Pillay
We need to shift from an economic to a humanitarian organizing principle for human civilization. And women, en masse, should be saying so. -- Marianne Williamson
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
My experiences there truly defined who I am to this day as far as my humanitarian work because I was a refugee in Albania. -- Masiela Lusha
A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses. -- Irving Babbitt
You know your country has a checkered past when you find yourself sitting around pondering the humanitarian upside of sticking with the British Empire. -- Sarah Vowell
It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities. -- Naguib Mahfouz
We have already provided a strong humanitarian response to the problems in the Middle East and that response will be stronger within coming days. -- Tony Abbott
We need to change society's ordering principle from economic to humanitarian values, from money as the bottom line to love as the bottom line. -- Marianne Williamson
Everyone who believes in freedom must work diligently for sound money, fully redeemable. Nothing else is compatible with the humanitarian goals of peace and prosperity. -- Ron Paul
We estimate that humanitarian agencies have access to about 350,000 vulnerable people in Darfur - only about one third of the estimated total population in need. -- Jan Egeland
Peter Norman is a humanitarian, and I say "is" because in my life, Peter Norman is never deceased. He's always going to live with me. -- John Carlos
President Trump has been very public about the fact that Aleppo is a humanitarian crisis that's been all but ignored by America for far long. -- Kellyanne Conway
I was proud to witness American Jewish organizations found the Save Darfur Coalition in June 2004 to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster. -- Jan Schakowsky
The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims. -- William Howard Taft
Isn't that why we're put on this earth to begin with, to make it a better place? It's not a religious quest; it's a humanitarian one. -- Simone Elkeles
I thought it was very humanitarian of Sean Penn and Madonna to marry each other. That way, they make only two people miserable instead of four. -- Cesar Romero
When I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics. -- Bianca Jagger
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
What's so wonderful about 'The Walking Dead' is that we're able to explore human nature in its most depraved as well as its most humanitarian in each episode. -- Gale Anne Hurd

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