David Korten | "In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of "the Haves" over the human rights of "the Have Nots" is inevitably called into serious question."

"In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of "the Haves" over the human rights of "the Have Nots" is inevitably called into serious question."

David Korten, American Activist

Rights, Humanrights, Inequality, Property

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"In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of "the Haves" over the human rights of "the Have Nots" is inevitably called into serious question."

"Now, I think that in acknowledging that every individual Member of Parliament and indeed every individual member of the Labour Party, has rights to express their view in a spirit of tolerance."

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"There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there have been improvements. We will recognize the latter, and be critical of the former."

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"The rights of the weak are not weaker rights, but are completely equal to the rights of the strong."

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"The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights."

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"International socialism recognizes the right of free independent nations, with equal rights."

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"And occasionally some of the nations that will be partners in this would probably not be, in terms of passing a pure human rights check, have everything going for them that you would like to have."

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"Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance."

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"A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake."

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"The treatise found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them."

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"I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot."

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"Money is a mechanism for control."

Money

"My claim is that we do not have a market economy, but a capitalist economy."

Economy

"If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the reverse has happened, with debt crises and increased poverty."

Debt

"In the US, most progressives start to see the differences between internationalism and economic globalization."

Politics

"More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation."

Society

"As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue."

Money

"It will take some time before a politician will capture the imagination of the American people and have the vision and understanding to do what is necessary for a better future for the people of America and the world."

Imagination

"There is a huge shift taking place in the global awareness in the last 5 years with strong views about globalization and the power structures of major corporations."

Power

"Global competition is about winners and losers."

Competition

"There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change."

Change