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I am happy that I can aid those admirable men, both living and dead, who by their pens or their tongues have aided the great cause of human liberty and universal happiness.James Watson
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Why do you feel so powerless? Go spend an hour with ants. Each of those black specks you see is a life. One whole life that you can save, take, or affect in some way. You have the power to make so many lives better. It is within you. Don’t lose sight of that.Kamand Kojouri
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Nobody knows how many North Koreans have died or are dying in the famine–some estimates by foreign-aid groups run as high as three million in the period from 1995 to 1998 alone–but the rotund, jowly face of Kim Il Sung still beams down contentedly from every wall, and the 58-year-old son looks as chubby as ever, even as his slenderized subjects are mustered to applaud him.Christopher Hitchens
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Do not give them a candle to light the way, teach them how to make fire instead. That is the meaning of enlightenment.Kamand Kojouri
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If you wait until you find something to speak up for, something that you’re passionate about that concerns you and attacks your own beliefs, then eventually, when the day finally arrives, you might also find that you have forgotten how to speak.Kamand Kojouri
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And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own.Kamand Kojouri
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True respect comes when we fend for ourselves without the aid of anyone, and when we owned something and say, 'this is my own'! Not necessarily as a way of boasting of our abundance and grace, but having a feeling that we can use it without obstruction, or being asked to return the favor.Michael Bassey Johnson
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Americans made beautiful, principled speeches and imposed countless conditions on all manner of things. But in the end, in Africa they seemed to move the ball very slowly. They regarded Africa not as a terrain of opportunity, or even as a morally compelling challenge to humanity, but as a burden, and largely as one to be evaded as much as possible.Howard W. French
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The resources of Africa are greater than the amount of aid it can ever get. Hence, Africa needs to manage its resources prudently and efficiently to minimise its dependence on aid.Benjamin Kofi Quansah
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The more Africa depends on aid the less opportunities it creates for its peopleBenjamin Kofi Quansah
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In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.Marya Mannes
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We've killed a million Iraqis since the start of the Gulf war - mostly by blocking humanitarian aid.Woody Harrelson
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International aid as a means of development is a major failure, and not just in Haiti.Raoul Peck
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Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.Will Rogers