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“We have created a democracy that links us all, and with it come not only opportunities but obligations. There are no gates or walls high enough. There are no bank accounts large enough to buy you and your family and your friends protection from the fear and hunger of those left behind or to isolate you from the consequences of growing social inequities. We are all in this boat together. And the fact that there isn't a hole at your end of the boat doesn't mean you are safe.”

Source: Fanatics & Fools: How Politicians are Betraying the American People

“... we've allowed a youth-centered culture to leave us so estranged from our future selves that, when asked about the years beyondfifty, sixty, or seventy--all part of the average human life span providing we can escape hunger, violence, and other epidemics--many people can see only a blank screen, or one on which they project fear of disease and democracy.”

Source: Passion, Politics, and Everyday Activism: Collected Essays: Moving Beyond Words; Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions; and Revolution from Within

“Yes, there is a crisis of hunger on the planet, but hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy.”

Democracy Planets Crisis Hunger Scarcity

Author:Anna Lappe

“I had the realization that hunger is not caused by scarcity of food, it is caused by the production system and an absence of democracy throughout the world.”

World Democracy Hunger Productions Absence Realization Scarcity

Author:Frances Moore Lappé

“You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that people we made a democracy work.”

People Made Said Democracy Dying Hunger Illiterate People Who Are Dying

Author:Indira Gandhi