"Europe and North America, we are told, are……" — James Buchan
"Europe and North America, we are told, are less dependent on energy-intensive heavy industry than in the 1960s and 1970s. It seems we squeeze more GDP out of a barrel of oil than in those benighted days."
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65 Quotes by James Buchan
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Liberty in Islam is the liberty to be a Muslim, democracy likewise, individualism likewise.
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All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.
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Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.
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By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.
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