"When the institutions of money rule the world, it is perhaps inevitable that the interests of money will take precedence over the interests of people. What we are experiencing might best be described as a case of money colonizing life. To accept this absurd distortion of human institutions and purpose should be considered nothing less than an act of collective, suicidal insanity."

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Source : "When Corporations Rule the World". Book by David Korten, January 1, 1995.

David Korten

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“I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.”
“South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.”

Source : Catherine Helen Spence “An Autobiography”, Library of Alexandria
“I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else.”

Source : "Up Front". Book by Bill Mauldin, 1945.
“What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.”
“(They) were found guilty of continuing to promote the merits of Laetrile in cancer therapy in violation of terms of probation they had originally secured following their 1973 conviction.”
“Sex prejudice is so ingrained in our society that many who practice it are simply unaware that they are hurting. It is the last socially acceptable prejudice.”

Source : "Discrimination Against Women: Congressional Hearings on Equal Rights in Education and Employment". Book editing by Catharine R. Stimpson, R. R. Bowker, 1973.
“Whatever I do today is the whole continuum of my experience. Like John Dewey said in his book â€˜Art as Experience,â€™ you canâ€™t separate experience from the work of art. So, if I write for the symphony today, youâ€™re listening to everything thatâ€™s happened to me since I was 18 years old.”

Source : Yusef Lateef, Herb Boyd (2006). “The Gentle Giant: The Autobiography of Yusef Lateef”, p.176, morton books, inc
“I became an actor because I couldn't not.”

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