Conflict Quote by E. F. Schumacher

“It is doubly chimerical to build peace on economic foundations which, in turn, rest on the systematic cultivation of greed and envy, the very forces which drive men into conflict.”

E. F. Schumacher

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The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.

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Our task is to look at the world, and see it whole.

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