"The price we pay as the EU, as NATO, is the price we can measure in currency, in money. The price they pay is measured in lives lost every day. So, we should stop complaining and step up to provide support, full stop"
- Jens Stoltenberg
About this Quote
This quote by Jens Stoltenberg highlights the value of providing assistance to the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He acknowledges that the rate paid by the EU and NATO is determined in currency and money, while the price paid by those in requirement of support is measured in lives lost every day. He is urging us to stop grumbling and to step up and offer assistance. He is stressing that the cost of not supplying support is much higher than the expense of supplying it. He is reminding us that the lives of those in requirement of assistance are more vital than our own comfort and benefit. He is contacting us to do something about it and to supply the essential assistance to those in requirement. His words are a tip that we have a duty to assist those in requirement which we need to not take our privilege for approved.
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