"There are a lot of people who don't……" — Susan George
"There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production."
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37 Quotes by Susan George
Susan George has 37 quotes on this site.
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How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced…
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I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they…
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We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the…
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The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction.
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The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too.
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There is no degree of human suffering which in and of itself is going to bring about change. Only organisation…
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We're trying to run a 21st century society and economy with 19th century Darwinian, competitive, crude ideas.
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As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status.
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Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions…
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What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development,…
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Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during…
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The World Bank is now the biggest culprit in the debt crisis.
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More Consumption Quotes
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one of 375 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat…
— Neal Barnard
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When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
— Gary Bauer
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption…
— Zygmunt Bauman
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Let's talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire…
— Joseph Beuys
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All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption…
— David R. Brower
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Multinational corporations do control. They control the politicians. They control the media. They control the pattern of consumption, entertainment, thinking.…
— Jerry Brown
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Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
— Jimmy Carter
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There is massive propaganda for everyone to consume. Consumption is good for profits and consumption is good for the political…
— Noam Chomsky
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You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.
— Noam Chomsky
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I claim that in losing the spinning wheel we lost our left lung. We are, therefore, suffering from galloping consumption.…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities…
— Sherwood Boehlert
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Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the…
— Doug Larson
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