Lee H. Hamilton Quotes

I am one of the affluent rich living the good life. But I like to think that I am doing my bit to resolve the problems of Africa and am certainly committed to Africa in the long run.

My foundation was created so I can find a way to improve the living conditions of my people in the African continent, not just in Congo.

I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture.

I think it's really important for Haitians living abroad to go back and help with the development and infrastructure, especially because there are so many international people there.

It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.

When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy.

When countries commit to protecting vulnerable lives, they should receive support from those who can provide it in order to make their programs a success.

We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.

The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.

At CARE, a leading humanitarian organization, we recognize people live their lives in a holistic manner. Issues such as health care, education and economic empowerment cannot be addressed in a vacuum. Thus, effective programs need to tackle the multiple root causes of poverty.

I want to work with the Philippine people and make life better there; there are systems I can work with.

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!

The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this.

I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development.

If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.

I am on my way to Ghana tomorrow morning and you just need to know that this Administration is very focused on doing all we can to promote economic development in this part of the world, in Africa, throughout Africa, North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

The World Bank is just a sponge for every do-good idea of relieving poverty.

We cannot leave the Central Africans abandoned. Everyone needs to be mobilized to help this country build a future that Central Africans deserve.

Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.

Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable.

The U.K. alone cannot be left to help those who have lost everything.

Without effective states working with active and involved citizens, there is little chance for the growth that is needed to abolish global poverty.

U.K. aid is responding to our changing world and tackling the great challenges of our time. It is transforming lives in the poorest countries and making the world healthier, safer and more prosperous for everyone.

When Secretary of State for International Development, it was my mission to ensure that every taxpayer pound was spent to serve those in need, and met U.K. development objectives.