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Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.

— Bill Gates

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✓Similar Perspectives

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

— Bill Gates

The responsibility of philanthropy rests with us. The wealthier we are, the more powerful we get. We cannot put the entire onus on the government.

— Azim Premji

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

Philanthropy should be voluntary.

— Bill Gates

Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.

— Naveen Jain

Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives - not profits - are at stake.

— Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

In the charitable world as in the business world, opportunities should drive budgets, not the other way around.

— George Kaiser

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

— David Rockefeller

✗Opposing Perspectives

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.

— Noreena Hertz

I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to get things done. That is what scientists tell us how to do properly. Business should tell us how to get things done efficiently. And government should have the good environment and the foundations of researching.

— Jack Ma