#humanitarianism

War can condition a person to be resilient, tolerant, dependable, strong, and capable of so much more than one who had experienced nothing of it; it can bring out the very best in us, but also the very worst. Where is it, I ask, the proper conduit through which a soldier should be raised from whence they would become an upstanding citizen of the world, instead of a single country? ↗

— Mike Norton

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#christian #citizen #communism #compassion #country

Sometimes, a war saves people. ↗

— José Ramos-Horta

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#humanitarianism #pacifism #war #iraq

Over time, I have come to believe that there is a killer and a saint in all of us. But...I choose to focus on the future and the *potential* in people. ↗

— Agnes Kamara-umunna

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#hope #humanitarianism #inspirational #inspirational