[T]hose who are in a position of strength have a responsibility to protect the weak.
Thomas CushmanTags: liberalism iraq iraq-war intervention humanitarianism
Sometimes, a war saves people.
José Ramos-HortaTags: war pacifism humanitarian-intervention humanitarianism
War can condition a person to be resilient, tolerant, dependable, strong, and capable of so much more than one who had experienced nothing of it; it can bring out the very best in us, but also the very worst. Where is it, I ask, the proper conduit through which a soldier should be raised from whence they would become an upstanding citizen of the world, instead of a single country?
Mike NortonTags: experience compassion strong world peace war religion forgiveness christian rape tolerance islam muslim communism buddhist country socialism dalai-lama soldier training soft citizen dependence resilient humanitarianism the-pope tolerant
Over time, I have come to believe that there is a killer and a saint in all of us. But...I choose to focus on the future and the *potential* in people.
Agnes Kamara-umunnaTags: inspirational hope humanitarianism and-still-peace-did-not-come
I will never be able to go back to Sweden without knowing inside myself that I'd done all a man could do to save as many Jews as possible
Raoul WallenbergTags: courage world-war-ii humanitarianism the-holocaust
Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.
Isabel PatersonTags: ideology good-intentions humanitarianism
Random Acts of Kindness," he said. "You need some in your life. Everybody does."
"No, I don't have much of a rak, but hey, this is the twenty-third century, you can get anything fixed if you have enough money.
Tags: humanitarianism
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 GreitensTags: morals peace humanitarian mantra humanitarianism
For so many years, the official propaganda machinery had denounced humanitarianism as sentimental trash and advocated human relations based entirely on class allegiance. But my personal experience had shown me that most of the Chinese people remained kind, sensitive, and compassionate even though the cruel reality of the system under which they had to live compelled them to lie and pretend.
Nien ChengTags: china communism mao humanitarianism
Politically, he was a humanitarian who did know right from left and was trapped uncomfortably between the two. He was constantly defending his Communist friends to his right-wing enemies and his right-wing friends to his Communist enemies, and he was thoroughly detested by both groups, who never defended him to anyone because they thought he was a dope.
Joseph HellerTags: communism humanitarianism
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