Foreign Aid Quotes Page 2

The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid.

It's true that I refused foreign aid.

It's true. It wasn't my personal decision, however - it was the whole country that said no.

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 rich country with this kind of scientific depth, than it is for the poor countries who will suffer the problems.

None of what we [as country] have done is credited.

None of the good works. Our foreign affairs budget, foreign aid budget, none of it is ever thanked.

...Sound foreign policy is more than arms control, foreign aid and paying (United Nations) dues.

Foreign aid is a method by which the United States maintains a position of influence and control around the world

There is a profound contrast between the effects of foreign aid and of voluntary private investment: foreign aid goes from government to government. It is therefore almost inevitably statist and socialistic.

Foreign aid has been perfected so that it subsidizes corporate U.

S. agriculture while preventing poor countries from developing profitable agriculture or feeding themselves.

The issue is: $1 trillion or $2 trillion is a lot of money.

If our objective is to have stability in the Middle East, secure oil, or extend democracy, you can do a lot of democracy buying for this sum. To put it in context: The whole world spends $50 billion a year on foreign aid.

Im the ranking Republican on the foreign aid appropriations subcommittee, so I know Tunisia well.

One of the most ridiculous defenses of foreign aid is that it is a very small part of our national income. If the average American set fire to a five-dollar bill, it would be an even smaller percentage of his annual income. But everyone would consider him foolish for doing it.

Hope nothing from foreign governments.

They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong enough to conquer without them.

My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State Department, so food in regards to world affairs was talked about a lot.

To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy.

The only really effective means of enabling States to deal with the grave problem of poverty is to provide them with the necessary resources through foreign financial aid - public and private - granted under reasonable conditions, within the framework of international commercial relations regulated with fairness.

There’s no copy-and- paste system in foreign aid.

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.

The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation by addressing the root causes of terrorism and conflict. But it's not just about security. By building new markets overseas for American products, the International Affairs Budget creates jobs and boosts the economy here at home.

Foreign aid is important. If it's done right, it spreads America's influence around the world in a positive way.

America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long.

I have said it before but it bears repeating: Aid is not a gift.

The United States provides foreign assistance because it serves OUR interests.

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.

Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself.

The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it's no longer need.