BrainyQuote Logo Home Authors Topics Quote of the Day Pictures Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Humanitarian Quotes Grid List Prev 1 2 3 Next Share0 He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead. Voltaire Great, Friend, Dead 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 its a pathological way for a society to run its affairs. Marianne Williamson Money, Society, Children 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 Music, Time, Give Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people. Howard Zinn Help, After, Themselves If I dont talk about my religion, if I say Im not discussing it or different humanitarian things Im working on, theyre like, Hes avoiding it. If I do talk about it, it becomes, Oh, hes proselytizing. Tom Cruise Religion, Working, Talk Forcing people to be generous isnt humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate. Harry Browne Moral, Concerned, Truly Its very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work. Cat Stevens Work, Ignore, Difficult 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 Faith, Great, Future Im not a humanitarian, Im a hell-raiser. Mother Jones The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian. Daniel D. Palmer Knowledge, Human, Study There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesnt do it very well. Ralph Fiennes Days, Impulse Im not a humanitarian. Im a hell-raiser. Mary Harris Jones Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs. Jesse Jackson Help, Political, Deeper The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. Irving Babbitt Knowledge, Sympathy, Stress I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns. Jeff Bingaman Family, Support, Three 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 Art, Place, Able The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. Irving Babbitt Service, Foreign, Affairs 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 Sea, Natural, Disaster Weve killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid. Woody Harrelson War, Start, Since 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 Both, Movement, Sides Ive made humanitarian causes and my children much more my priority than the Hollywood scene, being liked and getting movie parts. Sharon Stone Children, Getting, Movie If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit. Harold Bloom Work, Wish, Spirit Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment. Wendell Willkie War, America, Social A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: its the humanitarian principle hes defending, I suppose. Rachel Cusk Bit, Vegetarian, Feminist I like to think of myself as a humanitarian. Seal 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 Work, Family, Great Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian. Levon Helm Great, Mom, Dad No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked. Jan Egeland Protect, Assistance, Attacked It doesnt make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people. Leon Panetta Money, Care, Give I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I dont think it is altruism to become engaged in humanitarian work. Its the least one can do. Emmanuelle Beart Work, Money, Become Share with your Friends Share Tweet Share Everyone likes a good quote - dont forget to share. Popular Authors Abraham Lincoln Albert Einstein Buddha C. S. Lewis Dalai Lama Eleanor Roosevelt Helen Keller John F. 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