"Corruption is one of the most common..." - Quote by Bill Gates
Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.
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“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”
“I am results-oriented.”
“It's energy intensification, where we essentially have, through our light bulbs and cars, the manpower of [hundreds of] people working on our behalf, helping our food being created, helping our materials like steel and plastic and wood and paper be created. Our lifestyles are incredibly energy intense.”
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“The Global Fund is a central player in the progress being achieved on HIV, TB and malaria. It channels resources to help countries fight these diseases. I believe in its impact because I have seen it firsthand.”
“People in Ethiopia, the Sudan, etc., don't know Audrey Hepburn, but they recognize the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF, their faces light up, because they know that something is happening. In the Sudan, for example, they call a water pump 'UNICEF.'”
“Well, no one gives aid to Zimbabwe through the Mugabe government.”
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“We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most.”
“Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have, with others, the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps.”
“Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.”