Colony Quote by Maria Mies

We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that…

— Cecil Rhodes

Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation.

— C. L. R. James

Our culture is hung up on and overemphasises what can be derived from material objects. I think this is something quite new, over the…

— Tino Sehgal

The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.

— Daniel Webster

It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results…

— Edward Zwick

In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of…

— Winona LaDuke

Everything is now for sale. Even those areas of life that we once considered sacred like health and education, food and water and air…

— Maude Barlow

We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status

— Jonathon Porritt

Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a 'disposable' culture which is now spreading. It…

— Pope Francis

Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of…

— William Pitt

“Our market-intensive societies measure material progress by the increase in the volume and variety of commodities produced. And taking our cue from this sector,…

— Ivan Illich

Perhaps the rebuilding of the body and spirit is the greatest service derivable from our forests, for what worth are material things if we…

— Arthur Carhart