Quotes for All
For the United States, supporting international development is more than just an expression of our compassion. It is a vital investment in the free, prosperous, and peaceful international order that fundamentally serves our national interest. Condoleezza Rice
It is even possible that desirable redistribution is more likely to occur through climate change policy than otherwise, or to be accomplished more effectively through climate policy than through direct foreign aid. Cass Sunstein
Fortifications, artillery, foreign aid – will be of no value, unless the ordinary soldier knows that it is HE guarding his country Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid. Bill Gates
We [US] are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute. This is another issue where hopefully we will take a long-term approach which, even though we sometimes have a hard time doing that, it’s easier for us, as a … Read more
The US really has to get out in front. We are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute. Bill Gates
There’s a unique thing about the UK, where you give a very generous foreign aid budget to support globally, which is spent wisely. We partner with the government here to make sure that that money is spent well. Bill Gates
I know that historically our foundation has had great relations with all the administrations.[Bill] Clinton administration did a lot of outreach. The greatest rise in U.S. foreign aid was under the [George] Bush administration, that’s where we got the AIDS initiative, which is called PEPFAR. Bill Gates
It is hard to sell Congress and the American people on foreign aid. Is it harder to do that than it is to sell billionaires on the idea that they should give all their money away. Bill Gates
There’s no copy-and- paste system in foreign aid. Atifete Jahjaga