Ronnie Chan Quotes

We citizens of the affluent countries tend to discuss our obligations toward the distant needy mainly in terms of donations and transfers, assistance and redistribution: How much of our wealth, if any, should we give away to the hungry abroad?

May I suggest that people in many African countries could be suffering from donation fatigue?

It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help.

Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new earthquake, famine or tidal wave can attract 1,000 aid organisations, from the United Nations Children's Fund and Oxfam to the 'Jesus Brigades' of the American south and other charitable adventurers.

I used to get taxed on my allowance. Yeah, I've been taxed since I was a little kid. And at the end of the year I had to pick a charity to donate my taxes to.

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

Kids can learn a lot about necessities and wants by recognizing what people live without. A common routine, but one that should not be overlooked, is having a family donation to a charity for those less fortunate. Ask your kids to search for items, toys, or clothes that they no longer use and contribute those items a collection box.

The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth.

Do I like foreign aid? Sometimes, but not every time. Don't like giving money to our enemies, but I love giving money to Israel.

We should be tough on a bureaucracy that fails to turn aid money into critical services for the poor.

Countries with high levels of atheism also are the most charitable in terms of giving foreign aid to the developing world. The dubious link between Christian literalism and Christian values is also belied by other indices of charity.

Foreign aid just doesn't have the constituency that domestic programs do.

... the most unselfish and unsordid financial act or any country in all history.

When a donor is asked to contribute to a group whose innocuous-sounding name makes it appear to be doing work in the public interest, that donor should have a clear picture of where his or her money is going.

I find donating stuff to be the biggest hassle.

As the state's top lawyer, I am empowered to protect nonprofit donors from fraudulent solicitations and charitable assets from misuse.

We've always been the most generous nation in the world when it comes to caring for those outside of our borders.

Whenever there is an international crisis - an earthquake, a flood, a war - Americans provide more assistance than the people of any other nation.

European countries give much larger shares of aid for poverty relief than the U.S.

The money from wealthy nations to confront some very real global poverty and economic issues is largely given out of guilt.

Every country, every donation is a different case, and there are many cases where NGOs are getting support from foreign countries for good purposes.

Our aim is to set some kind of benchmark and standards for transparency and governance in private philanthropy.

No nation helps more people around the globe. Our deep generosity is given so freely that it is simply expected, by others and by ourselves. From Ethiopia to Haiti to Japan where there is tragedy, famine or disaster, we lead the way with private and public help.

What my bill would do would be only for refugees going forward. So I haven't taken a position on sending anyone home. But I have taken the position that we have a lot of problems here in our country. And that one of the things that we do - charity is about giving your own money. Charity isn't giving someone else's money.

We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax.