“Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action, ... Calculate not just the human misery of the poor themselves. Calculate our loss: The aid, the lost opportunity to trade, the short-term consequences of the multiple conflicts; the long-term consequences on the attitude to the wealthy world of injustice and abject deprivation amongst the poor.” WorldHumansLongSelfActionOpportunityLostTermInterestLossPoorAttitudeConflictConsequenceTradeMiseryInjusticeAidsLong TermCollectivesMutualWealthyMultipleLinkedShort TermSelf InterestDeprivationNational InterestsCollective ActionLost OpportunityMutual Interest Author:Tony Blair
“Of all evils of war the greatest is the purely spiritual evil: the hatred, the injustice, the repudiation of truth, the artificial conflict.” WarSpiritualEvilConflictHatredInjusticeArtificialEvils Of War Book:ETHICS OF WAR Source: ETHICS OF WAR
“What we try to do as Elders is help those who are trying to change their own societies and communities for the better. We hope that by supporting the good work that is being done, especially at the grass roots, we can help to alleviate the suffering of human beings. That is our core mission - to draw attention to the impact that conflict, injustice and poverty have on ordinary people.” PeopleTryingHumansDoneHelpingSufferingCommunityHuman BeingsAttentionPovertyConflictDrawsOrdinaryRootsImpactInjusticeMissionsCoreGrassGood WorkOrdinary PeopleEldersBeing DoneTrying To ChangeAlleviate Author:Desmond Tutu
“When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption.” LooksPoorPovertyConflictResourcesPrejudiceCompetitionInjusticeCorruptionRootedGovernance Author:Desmond Tutu
“Poverty - the greatest cause of human suffering on the planet - is itself exacerbated by conflict, competition for resources, injustice, even the global downturn and climate change. Diseases like AIDS, TB and malaria cannot be tackled without adequate resources. So you see everything is connected. In order to address any major cause of human suffering, we have to work together across many fronts.” HumansTogetherSufferingOrderCausesPovertyFrontsPlanetsConflictDiseaseMajorsResourcesCompetitionClimateClimate ChangeInjusticeConnectedAidsAddressesWorking TogetherAdequateHuman SufferingMalariaDownturnEconomic Downturn Author:Desmond Tutu
“For me, any fiction of nobles and swords necessarily has to be a story of corruption, injustice and savagely violent conflict - because any other treatment is going to have all the heft and realistic honesty of a bedtime fairy tale for five year olds.” YearsStoriesFictionFiveHonestyConflictInjusticeCorruptionViolentTalesFairyFive YearsTreatmentRealisticFairy TaleBedtimeFive Year Olds Author:Richard K. Morgan
“It is no easy task to overcome the bitter legacy of injustices, hostility and mistrust left by the conflict. It can only be done by overcoming evil with good.” DoneEvilLeftEasyConflictTasksOvercomingInjusticeBitterLegacyHostilityMistrustEasy TasksOvercoming Evil Author:Pope Francis
“In addition to world conflicts, the most challenging problem we face today is hunger, deprivation and social injustice. Because we're ruled by separate self-interest, we go on accumulating personal wealth, ignoring the well being of the others.” WorldWellsSelfProblemTodayFacesSocialInterestChallengesWealthGoes OnConflictInjusticeHungerWell BeingSelf InterestDeprivationSocial InjusticePersonal Wealth Author:Satish Kumar
“The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of the common good that serve to evaluate the relationship between justice and injustice, development and poverty, security and conflict.” CommunityJusticeCommonPovertyRightsSecurityDevelopmentConflictInjusticeGuaranteesEvaluateCommon GoodGuarantees ThatJustice And Injustice Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion dollars on war since 1946, until hatred and conflict have become the international preoccupation.” WarPoliticalJusticeEconomicBuildingConflictDiseaseHatredDollarsInjusticeInternationalAttackingDisobedienceStarvationServitudePreoccupationIlliteracyWorld Hunger Author:Daniel Berrigan