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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.

— Ralph Fiennes

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

— Alvin Adams

I like to think of myself as a humanitarian.

— Seal

It is one thing to be against unilateralism and against nonhumanitarian interventionism - but it is quite another thing to be against humanitarian interventionism.

— Kai Bird

Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts that are truly voluntary for all concerned can be truly compassionate.

— Harry Browne

A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.

— Irving Babbitt

Everyone has their own mission in life and what they've got to do. You can't knock them for it. There's always a lot going in people's lives.

— Nick Cummins

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.

— Mother Jones

I'm not a humanitarian. I'm a hell-raiser.

— Mary Harris Jones

I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in.

— Gregory Peck

I am an actress, I earn money, I am well-known. I don't think it is altruism to become engaged in humanitarian work. It's the least one can do.

— Emmanuelle Beart