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"So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty."
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"War grows out of ordinary human nature."
"Don't hate the Muslims or Islam. Hate if you must, the fundamentalists who consistently compel the human society to turn away from even the peace loving Muslims. However, the term hate would be an understatement when we are referring to the fundamentalists. The fundamentalists are the biggest enemies of the human race. Without the presence of the fundamentalist inspiration, no violence in the name of religion shall ever fester on this planet. People from all religious, spiritual and non-religious background shall live in harmony, enriching each other's lives, if there are no fundamentalists to divide them apart."
"What could a person like Emily do? Could she possibly satisfy both sides? Or would that only end badly?"
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"But when someone is on a winning horse, and everything looks wonderful, it's very hard as an outsider to persuade them something is wrong."
"I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of development and the questions of poverty, there's no way that we're going to have a peaceful world for our children."
"Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently."
"We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day."
"So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty."
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