Choices Quote by Peter Singer

“I don't see how anyone could really think that if you have a choice between saving the life of one person and saving the lives of a million people, to say - well, I've saved the one - can you really take that seriously? I can't.”

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“Population growth is not a reason against giving aid but a reason for reconsidering the kind of aid to give.”

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