Message-ID: <Pine.A41.3.95q.970218154604.24030C-100000@hector.NMSU.Edu> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 15:50:02 -0700 From: JC WANDEMBERG <mailto:juwandem@NMSU.EDU> Subject: Re: Controversial quote To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, David Johnson wrote:> "You can help the poor, but you can't help them much."
> I've been thinking about that ever since I read it so, I post it
> thinking maybe others might find some truth in it. Dave Johnson
I guess this might be analogous to Nayerere's axiom "people cannot be developed, they can only develop themselves". In other words you can help people develop themselves but you cannot "develop" them as much as you may want to.
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