A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
If private-sector capital can be harnessed for social good, the potential to scale humanitarian solutions is vast.
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.
It has always been clear that any use of nuclear weapons would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences.
Short-termism is no longer an option. We have to envisage humanitarian action with a medium- and long-term perspective.
Liberals love to strike generous, humanitarian poses with other people's lives.
My father was a humanitarian, but he didn't side one way or another with any certain right's groups. He just believed in people.
The Great Seal was an early proclamation of 'humanitarian intervention,' to use the currently fashionable phrase.
If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism.
U.A.E.'s continuously growing initiatives in the field of charitable and humanitarian works became a basic component of our foreign activities.
I never set out to be a journalist. I wanted to be a humanitarian doctor like Albert Schweitzer, working in Africa.
I could probably say one thing that I'm excited about is I definitely wanna be an entrepreneur and be a humanitarian and that stuff.
My mom is Irish. She is a poet and a humanitarian who believed in ensuring that people around her had a better life.
All South Sudanese deserve consistent and unimpeded humanitarian assistance, regardless of if they live in areas held by rebel or government forces.
When millions of kids are missing out on school, delivering educational services becomes an issue that concerns the humanitarian system.
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.
Syria has become the great tragedy of this century - a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history.
When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.
I've made humanitarian causes and my children much more my priority than the Hollywood scene, being liked and getting movie parts.
Humanitarian response, sustainable development, and sustaining peace are three sides of the same triangle.
The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
As the crisis in Syria grows and the humanitarian tragedy becomes more clear, I appreciated Prime Minister Netanyahu's perspective on the changes and volatility in the region.
The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.
The NHS is one of the most humanitarian acts that has ever been undertaken in peace time.
We live in an environment in which connectivity and cyberspace are transforming all workplaces, including the humanitarian workplace.
Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs.
The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian.
My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense.
Indeed, the truth, the reality of the Kosovo War, was actually hidden behind all the 'humanitarian' faces.
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.
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.
The whole essence of humanitarian work and the Geneva Convention is that neutral, impartial organisations can operate during war.
Religion to be true must satisfy what may be termed humanitarian economics, that is, where the income and the expenditure balance each other.
We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid.
My experiences there truly defined who I am to this day as far as my humanitarian work because I was a refugee in Albania.
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.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution does not just entail risks: it also brings solutions to humanitarian problems.
We need to shift from an economic to a humanitarian organizing principle for human civilization. And women, en masse, should be saying so.
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.
To respond to people's needs, humanitarian action has evolved from a temporary fix to a long-term safety net.
I have spent a lot of my life trying to do good and be a humanitarian, to write about difficult places, and to tell the story of oppressed peoples.
I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.
There are causes that are dear to me personally including encouraging entrepreneurship, improving livelihoods as well as helping humanitarian rescue and relief efforts.
Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people.
There are many things I do where the centre of it is... It's almost more my humanitarian work than art.
A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying.
I don't want to beat people over the head with my political views. It's more about the humanitarian aspect of it.
The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to where we should get involved and where we shouldn't.
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.
We need to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians and accept our fair share of refugees.
The creative capacity of the private sector should be harnessed to develop new and more effective ways to deliver humanitarian solutions.
Ensuring the respect of international humanitarian law and principles is one of the key areas necessary to establish accountability chains.
It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.
I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.
From the strictest humanitarian viewpoint, any attempt to stop the processes by which over crowded cities purge themselves is not a kindness.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
The Kurds in Iraq just don't have enough military equipment - they also need humanitarian relief.
The United States should help strengthen nongovernmental humanitarian agencies working in Sudan so that they can handle an increased flow of aid.
Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis. There is no way forward without ending the occupation.
There seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes.
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