Catherine Bertini Quote 

"Food is Power.
We use it to change behavior.
Some may call that bribery.
We do not apologize."

by:
Catherine Bertini
Executive director U.N. World Food Program, Beijing, China
Source:
U.N. 4th World Conference on Women, September, 1995
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Great 'New World Order' mentality. Don't kill them in war when they disagree with you, just starve them to death.
 -- Mike, Norwalk
 
They will be surprised when their hand is bitten by the mouths they feed.
 -- JT Ready, Mesa, Az
 
Prescient to put this inthe same context as Ayn Rand...no such thing as an humanitarian impulse that at is core is not self interest. And once again, how to rate a quote that is true but you hate the truth it reveals..
 -- EGL, LA
 
Another example that foreign aid is in fact foreign meddling that enrich the powerful at the expense of the very people they are supposed to be 'saving'.
 -- E Archer, NYC
 
To get food from you a starving person will agree to whatever you ask in order to survive. If that person survives to adulthood they will resent you for meddling in the affairs of their country.
 -- Joe, Rochester, MI
 
Typical rhetoric from the U.N. The United Nations has never been successful in a single mission they have undertaken, other than to extract massive sums of money from the American people. It's way past time to get out of the U.N. and send their delegates packing. The U.N. headquarters would make a great home for Baskin Robbins or Krispy Kreme Dougnuts. In addition, any foreign soldier wearing a blue beret on American soil is a target of opportunity as far as I'm concerned.
 -- Harold, Las Vegas, Nevada
 
I think this quote should be put into correct context. Here's a more fleshed out version: "At the World Food Programme we have recognized what a valuable tool food aid can be in changing behaviour. In so many poorer countries food is money, food is power. ... Yes, it's bribery. We don't apologize for that. We are changing behaviour, we are giving hope and opportunity to young girls -and that is all that counts"
 -- Rebecca, Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
It just goes to show that evil exists in every level of society. If we accept this NWO we will be put in that same position.
 -- muttkat, aransas pass
 
This has been edited and taken completely out of context. I could take a high school paper on Romeo & Juliet, pull out a few phrases and piece them together and call it a direct quote to make you look like a crazed lunatic who wants to kill his family. Here is a link to the actual statement regarding women being treated as second class citizens in most of the world. http://www.un.org/esa/gopher-data/conf/fwcw/conf/una/950906150325.txt
 -- Don, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 
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