Mutual Aid

Mutual aid may refer to:

  • Mutual aid (organization theory), a tenet of organization theories.
  • Mutual aid (emergency services), an agreement between emergency responders.
  • Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, a biology book by anarchist Peter Kropotkin
  • Mutual aid, in social work with groups.
  • Mutual aid society, various organizations formed for the benefit of members.

Famous quotes containing the words mutual and/or aid:

    “It is with such eyes ... that a pair of angels exiled among men ... gaze at one another in mutual recognition.”
    —Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)

    “Manners aim to facilitate life, to get rid of impediments, and bring the man pure to energize. They aid our dealing and conversation, as a railway aids travelling, by getting rid of all avoidable obstructions of the road, and leaving nothing to be conquered but pure space.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)