#humanitarian

Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe that for each of us, there is a place on the frontlines. ↗

— Eric Greitens

#humanitarianism #mantra #morals #peace #education

Although we have do not have adequate access to all parts of Darfur we do fortunately have humanitarian personnel, including staff from my own office, in each of the three provincial capitals of Darfur. ↗

— Jan Egeland

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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

#access #agencies #darfur #estimate #estimated

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

#children #civilization #economic #human #human civilization

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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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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As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor’s role is as a witness – to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak out against the horrors of political inaction... The only crime equaling inhumanity is the crime of indifference, silence, and forgetting. ↗

— James Orbinski

#equality

Behind tranquillity lies conquered unhappiness. ↗

— J. William T. Youngs

#humanitarian #politics #women-s-rights #life

I've made humanitarian causes and my children much more my priority than the Hollywood scene, being liked and getting movie parts. ↗

— Sharon Stone

#causes #children #getting #hollywood #humanitarian

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

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