Centre Quote by Peter Kropotkin

Decentralization demands both vertical and horizontal deconcentration of services, wealth and power to the long neglected at no political cost

— Ba

“It is a central thesis of this book that centralization has reached diminishing returns and is no longer yielding any benefit. Instead, it has…

— Charles Hugh Smith

“It might therefore be better for the decentralization to be designed by a centralized authority, with the interest of the less advantaged or less…

— Abhijit V. Banerjee

This regionalization is in keeping with the Tri-Lateral Plan which calls for a gradual convergence of East and West, ultimately leading toward the goal…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the…

— Nadine Gordimer

“the overzealous institutionalization of social relationships, which comes along with the increasing formalization and physical and numerical growth of modern settlements and societies, makes…

— Aleksandar Fatic

“The process of political centralization can actually lead to a form of absolutism, as the king and his associates can crush other powerful groups…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“The right of self-determination of the peoples includes the right to a state of their own. However, the foundation of a state does not…

— Abdullah Öcalan

We cannot leap into world government through one quick step.... The precondition for eventual and genuine globalization is progressive regionalization because by that we…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

“And more than the quality of its institutions, what distinguishes a developed country from a developing one is the degree of consensus in its…

— Raghuram G. Rajan

The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.

— Henry James Sumner Maine

Social progress takes effect through the replacement of all institutions by new ones; and since every institution involves the recognition of the duty of…

— George Bernard Shaw