Human dignity + compassion = peace

Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. I'm not so naive or simplistic to believe we can eliminate war. We're not going to change human nature anytime soon. It isn't that we aren't rational. We are rational. But reason has limits. There's a quote from T.S. Eliot that I just love.
In a world where 1% of the population owns 40% of the planet's wealth...in a world where 34,000 children die every single day from poverty and preventable diseases, and where 50% of the world's population lives on less than 2 dollars a day... one thing is clear:............ "Something is very wrong."

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