John Ricard famous quotes

Our efforts cannot and should not substitute for just public policies and effective programs to meet the needs of the hungry...Money, food, and time donated to Catholic charities should not be misread as a sign for success for volunteerism, but rather a desperate attempt to feed the hungry people when others have abandoned their responsibility.
-- John Ricard

#Responsibility #People #Effort

The merits of deeper debt cancellation, when accompanied by conditions of accountability and transparency on the part of recipient countries, have been shown to generate much needed resources for health, education and poverty reduction for some of the world's poorest people.
-- John Ricard

#Country #People #Accountability

The Catholic community, with many others, has long worked for this new commitment on global health and debt relief (President George W. Bushs proposed $15 billion Global AIDS initiative). I hope that Congress will now appropriate the money needed to make this legislation a reality, and that the U.S. government will press for strengthening the debt relief program along the lines proposed by this legislation.
-- John Ricard

#Commitment #Reality #Government

I think that the young people today feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to their brothers and sisters because of the sacrifices that most families make to send their children to college.

I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes, but increasing responsibilities have forced me to shed much of it in recent years.

It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.

My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.

Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.

It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.

But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral.

Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not have been possible.