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“In a country like India, the British were only able to rule the country because it had completely co-opted the elite of the country, who did their work for them.”

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Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel 'The God of Small Things', which won the Booker Prize in 1997. Her works often explore social and political issues such as class, race, and gender. more

“The time has come for everybody -capitalists, communists, socialists- to ask themselves what 'civilization' really means. If not, whether a country calls itself capitalist or communists, in the pursuit of 'progress' , it will visit genocide either on its own people or on another people whose country must be plundered for resources to feed the Progress industry.”

People Ifs Mean Country Asks Progress Industry Civilization Resources Pursuit Communist Genocide Capitalist Really Mean

Author:Arundhati Roy

“I look forward to a time when lawyers aren't in the top three calls every day, and all you care about is how your kids are doing in school or what the weather's like and the great day you had with your family.”

Looks Care Kids School Three Lawyer Weather Our Family Great Day

Author:Lance Armstrong

“The genocide will not necessarily take the form of war, or death camps. Most likely it will take the form of ecocide, in which landscapes are devastated and the populations that live there slowly starve or turn upon each other savagely because there isn't enough food or water to go around.”

War Enough Form Turns Water Population Landscape Camps Genocide Devastated Death Camps

Author:Arundhati Roy

“I would love to be in a place, and I may never get there, where I can help people. It's something that I never really cared to advertise. It got advertised. I still do it on one-on-one level almost daily.”

People May Stills I Can Helping Levels One On One

Author:Lance Armstrong