Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people.
It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.
As regards humanitarian issues and how to handle them, that was the Prime Minister's [Shinzō Abe] initiative. He brought the matter up at our last meeting in Lima and asked me straightforwardly whether we would agree to let Japanese citizens travel on a visa-free basis, resolve the issue in such a way as to enable them to visit the South Kurils, visit their native areas. I said at once that it was quite possible.
President-elect [Donald] Trump has promised a safe zone, a humanitarian zone [in Syria].
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.
The basic problem affecting the Pakistan today is human rights. Islamic fundamentalists have no roots among the common people and while they are pushing hard for religious fundamentalists to take hold, the common people still seek change through humanitarian and common human rights law.
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.
It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is—the determination to maintain the Empire of England.
I shall die. . . as I have lived, rationalist, socialist, pacifist, and humanitarian.
The natural economic, humanitarian and social integration do not require any armed forces.
I have tried to bring about better communication between people. I believe that humanitarian photography is like economics. Economy is a kind of sociology, as is documentary photography.
For me, humanitarian service, or rather service of all that lives, is religion. And I draw no distinction between such religion and politics.
A humanitarian is always a hypocrite.
I did feel a sense of duty. I felt that it could be a great asset to the future of Jordan, and those continuing the process of building the country, to concentrate on that humanitarian, peace-building legacy.
I believe in humanitarian capitalism, and there are good people on Wall Street.
There are good, humanitarian people everywhere - occasionally even in the Church.
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. ”
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.
Our national leaders tend to try to protect the national interest as they see it. They may screw up in that, but they at least see that as their role. In contrast, where issues of our national values are involved, which covers pretty much any humanitarian issue, they pretty much drop the ball.
I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and. . . I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues.