Tsunami Quotes

A massive state and federal effort, the likes of which we`ve never seen is going to be needed. We can do it for tsunami victims half a world away. We can do it for our own citizens.

Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal.

The Millennium Stadium thing was for the Tsunami concert. It was a thing that I think every band in the country would have liked to be a part of at the time that it happened.

When you had the tsunami in southeast Asia and you saw all that water coming in? Well, that`s a good example of what it looked like when you saw all that stuff cut loose.

(This isn`t the first time Ty and Children`s Hunger Fund have partnered to help children in need.) Ty has been an excellent supporter of our efforts to relieve the suffering of children, ... In January, they gave us 1 million Beanie Babies to send to the children of Iraq as a goodwill gesture. They gave 90,000 for the victims of the Tsunami and they help us every year with toys for our holiday distributions.

By pulling together a team where and when it was needed, we were able to mobilize $4 million worth of aid within three months of the December 2004 tsunami in Asia. We were punching well above our weight.

First, those images help us understand the general and specific magnitude of disaster caused by the tsunami. The huge outpouring of aid would not have happened without those images.

What is perhaps more worthy of note than how many tsunami dead we`ve seen, however, is how many other recent dead we have not seen.

The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims.

We think we have a responsibility. And I think it`s important for all of us in the Western world to realize that we`ve all been blessed a lot and if you go to these parts they don`t have a lot, even before the tsunami.

We would be doing the children of South Asia a great disservice if we allowed ourselves to believe that the need of children to belong to a loving, permanent family was washed away by the waves of the tsunami.

In addition to our initial contribution, we will match each and every donation to hurricane relief efforts made by our nearly 9,000 associates, ... We did the same earlier this year to help with tsunami relief when, together, Health Net and its associates raised more than $112,000. We know that whatever resources we can give to the massive Katrina recovery efforts will be put to good use.

There was a lot of misinformation that came out after the tsunami hit that the reefs were devastated. We were able to clarify that.

Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and around the world. His love and faith is alive in millions of Americans who volunteer each day in soup kitchens or in schools, or who refused to ignore the suffering of millions they`d never met in far-away places when a tsunami brought unthinkable destruction. His vision and his passion is alive in churches and on campuses when millions stand up against the injustice of discrimination anywhere, or the indifference that leaves too many behind.