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Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history.


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There are 6.6 billion people on the planet today. With organic farming we could only feed four billion of them. Which two billion would volunteer to die?

There are 6.6 billion people on the planet today. With organic farming we could only feed four billion of them. Which two billion would volunteer to die?



The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world.

The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world.



You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery.

You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs and human misery.



Everything else can wait, agriculture can’t.

Everything else can wait, agriculture can’t.



Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.

Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.



Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.

Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.



Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.

Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.



This is a basic problem, to feed 6.6 billion people. Without fertilizer, forget it. The game is over.

This is a basic problem, to feed 6.6 billion people. Without fertilizer, forget it. The game is over.



Without food, man at most can live but a few weeks; without it all other components of social justice are meaningless.

Without food, man at most can live but a few weeks; without it all other components of social justice are meaningless.



The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.

The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.





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And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect the American people.

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