"I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it."

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Source : "Furor on Memo At World Bank". www.nytimes.com. February 7, 1992.

Lawrence Summers

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.”
“I, Alexander B. Campbell, make this statement of the cause of my death to relieve the coroner of the necessity of an inquest, and also let my friends know the motive that led me to take my own life.”
“I'm working for the people of Maine, not the whales of Maine.”
“I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days.”
“When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies. They go, "And now his tour is done."”
“During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.”
“Ultimately it is by harnessing the natural economic forces which drive society that the pollution tax offers us an opportunity to exert greater control over our environment.”

Source : "Five reasons Greg Hunt may not be the best minister in the world" by Michael Slezak, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2016.
“'Are science and religion compatible?' It's like [asking]: 'Are science and plumbing compatible?' They're just two different things.”

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