“The people with the most resources are the federal government. If you can invade a country halfway across the world in a matter of days, you can surely come to the aid of your own citizens in a shorter order of time.” PeopleIfsWorldCountryMatterGovernmentOrderCitizensResourcesAidsFederal GovernmentHalfway Author:Elvis Costello
“All people need to know how AIDS is transmitted, and every country has an obligation to educate its citizens. This is why every country must also improve literacy, especially for women and girls, so that they can make wise choices that will keep them healthy and safe.” PeopleKnowsNeedsCountryChoicesGirlKnow HowWiseCitizensHealthySafeAidsObligationEducateLiteracyWise Choices Author:Laura Bush
“The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government--not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty.” MatterStatesGovernmentSocialExistenceMastersDutyCitizensCircumstancesVictimMereCharityCaringAidsServantUnfortunateAdverse Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.” LongEnoughGovernmentEffortExistenceCitizensHonorIntegrityUnionsAidsFavorsAppealsLoyalFacilitateRedress Book:Lincoln on Democracy Source: Lincoln on Democracy
“History says that progress often requires sacrifice, but what kind of progress can we claim when it is built on the lives of the citizens it is supposed to aid?” KindProgressSacrificeCitizensBuiltClaimsAids Book:The Testing 2: Independent Study Source: The Testing 2: Independent Study
“Moyo, a Zambia-born economist, asserts that aid is not only ineffective-it's harmful. Her argument packs a strong punch because she was born and raised in Africa. Moyo believes aid money promotes the corruption of governments and the dependence of citizens, and advocates that an investment approach will do more to help reduce poverty than aid ever could.” BelieveHelpingGovernmentStrongBornPovertyCitizensApproachArgumentInvestmentRaisedCorruptionAidsPacksDependenceEconomistBorn And RaisedZambia Author:Amy Lockwood
“Any system of education...which limits instruction to the arts and sciences and rejects the aids of religion in forming the characters of citizens, is essentially defective.” ArtCharacterCitizensLimitsAidsRejectsInstructionArt And ScienceDefective Author:Noah Webster