Exerpts from a great speech..December 10, 2002--Jimmy Carter, Oslo Norway..
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3 minutes and 30 seconds.If you cannot listen to all please....listen to the last minute and 20 seconds...
Here is what you will listen to:
At the beginning of this millennium I was asked to discuss, here in Oslo in fact, the greatest challenges that the world faces. Among all the possible choices, I decided that the most serious and universal problem is the growing chasm between the richest and poorest people on earth. It's interesting to note that citizens of the 10 wealthiest countries are now 75 times richer than those who live in the 10 poorest ones, and the separation is increasing every year, not only between nations but within them. The results of this disparity are root causes of most of the world's unresolved problems, including starvation, illiteracy, environmental degradation, violent conflict, and unnecessary illnesses that range from Guinea worm to HIV/AIDS.
Most work of The Carter Center is in remote villages in the poorest nations in Africa, and there I have witnessed the capacity of destitute people to persevere under heartbreaking conditions. I have come to admire their judgment and wisdom, their courage and faith, and their awesome accomplishments when given a chance to use their innate abilities.
But tragically, in the industrialized world there is a terrible absence of understanding or concern about those who are enduring lives of despair and hopelessness. We have not yet made the commitment to share with others an appreciable part of our excessive wealth. This is a necessary and potentially rewarding burden that we should all be willing to assume.
Ladies and gentlemen:
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. God gives us a capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes - and we must.
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but note, he talks about income inequality in the beginning, and of course...his last two sentences...
his quote on children........just...so important.....
"We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children."
-- Jimmy Carter...December 10, 2002.....
..all...so true then and now...............please. watch it all if you can...........very, very important...
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