Tedros Adhanom Quotes

Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need.

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

I've always wanted to fight for people who didn't have arms. I've always wanted to speak up for people who don't have a voice. I've always wanted to protect people who couldn't protect themselves. It's my nature. It's my instinct.

A free and rooted society ought to consist of a web of moral obligations. We have the right to ignore them, but we ought to be actually obliged not to let other people starve or to let them lapse into destitution.

I am compelled, because of my faith, to have compassion for the weak and vulnerable in our midst.

We can't turn our back on people who need help.

We must not only preach the doctrine of human rights, we must learn how actually to be our brother’s keeper.

You’ve got to help people that are downtrodden and poor, and I just think that that’s part of our culture. You’ve got to help people that can’t help themselves.

I do believe that it is quite necessary for us as a people to reach back, over and down to help the less fortunate of our number.

If we don't stand up for others, who will be left to stand up for us?

None of us can think we are exempt from concerns for the poor and for social justice.

We all have a responsibility in life to do what we can to help those less fortunate.

I believe you should help people.

We are the world.

I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.

When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights.

We must display a heart for every American, and a special passion for those still on the first rung of life's ladder.

Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate.

It's not a bad thing fighting for equality and helping the poor. It's not a bad thing to have on your professional tombstone: 'He believed in equality and he helped the poor.'

To affirm my own rights I must define and affirm the rights of others.

We do have a moral responsibility to reach out to our neighbors in need.

The story of America is the story of an ever widening circle of human care and responsibility.

I will always be on the side of those who have nothing.

All human beings are our brother and sisters. Working for their welfare is obligatory for Muslims

We are not here in this world to find elegant solutions, pregnant with initiative, or to serve the ways and modes of profitable progress. No, we are here to provide for all those who are weaker and hungrier, more battered and crippled than ourselves. That is our only certain good and great purpose on earth