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“Seeing the poor as one vast homogenous mass, we overlook that saving ten children from a painful death by hunger does make a real difference, all the difference for these children, and that this difference is quite significant even when many other children remain hungry.”

Quote by Thomas W. Pogge

Book:World Poverty and Human Rights: Cosmopolitan Responsibilities and Reforms

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