“Switzerland has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, the strongest currency and the largest financial center for foreign assets. And we're a small country with no natural resources. Switzerland is the world capital of dealing in stolen goods.” WorldCountryNaturalHighestResourcesFinancialIncomeGoodsStrongestAssetsCurrencyStolenNatural ResourcesSwitzerlandSmall Countries Author:Jean Ziegler
“Money comes to Switzerland through three illegal sources: tax evasion in other developed countries, the blood money of dictators and other rulers in the Third World and organized crime.” WorldCountryThreeBloodCrimeSourceTaxesThirdsOrganizedIllegalRulersDictatorThird WorldSwitzerlandEvasionOrganized CrimeDeveloped CountryTax Evasion Author:Jean Ziegler
“The structure of the Swiss ruling class is rock-hard, and unchanged since the time of Napoleon. They sit on their mountains and lecture the world on democracy. It's an unbelievable show of self-satisfaction and arrogance.” WorldSelfHardShowsClassDemocracyRocksMountainStructureSatisfactionArroganceUnbelievableRulingLecturesSwissSelf-satisfaction Author:Jean Ziegler
“I'm against the theory of the multinational corporations who say if you are against hunger you must be for GMO. That's wrong, there is plenty of natural, normal good food in the world to nourish the double of humanity. There is absolutely no justification to produce genetically modified food except the profit motive and the domination of the multinational corporations.” IfsWorldHumanityNaturalProduceTheoryNormalHungerProfitPlentyCorporationsMotiveJustificationDominationGood FoodMultinationalsGmosGenetically ModifiedMultinational CorporationsProfit MotiveGenetically Modified Food Author:Jean Ziegler