“The humanitarian wishes to be a prime mover in the lives of others. He cannot admit either the divine or the natural order, by which men have the power to help themselves. The humanitarian puts himself in the place of God. But he is confronted by two awkward facts; first, that the competent do not need his assistance; and second, that the majority of people positively do not want to be "done good" by the humanitarian. Of course, what the humanitarian actually proposes is that he shall do what he thinks is good for everybody. It is at this point that the humanitarian sets up the guillotine.” PeopleThinkingMenWantNeedsFirstsTwoDoneFactsHelpingOrderCoursesWishNaturalDivineMajorityHumanitarianPrimeAwkwardAssistancePositivelyProposeCompetentLives Of OthersNatural OrderGuillotine Author:Isabel Paterson
“America's humanitarian concern for foreign victims of natural disasters or civil strife is being abused by President Bush when he extends legal status to foreigners in the US when there is no reason that they could not go home safely.” ReasonHomeAmericaPresidentNaturalConcernVictimHumanitarianDisasterNo ReasonStrifePresident BushForeignersNatural Disaster Author:Dan J. Stein
“Increasingly gang violence and organized crime, together with climate change-driven natural disasters, are displacing more people as wars are fewer on the continent and political violence has decreased considerably, the NRC has decided to treat this as a humanitarian crisis.” PeopleWarTogetherPoliticalChangeNaturalViolenceCrimeDecidedTreatsCrisisClimateClimate ChangeHumanitarianDrivenDisasterOrganizedFewerContinentsGangNatural DisasterOrganized CrimePolitical ViolenceGang Violence Author:Jan Egeland