Whereas our common past, out ...

Whereas our common past, out of Africa, saw a global diaspora of humankind, our common future depends on a global coming together and consensus, resulting in a more equitable distribution of the Earth's largesse. When Africa, which gave us the wealth of life, has that debt returned, the world will have come of age.
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 Bob Brown

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I am not a conventionally religious man, but in the wilderness I have come closest to finding myself and knowing the universe and accepting God - by which I mean accepting all that I don't know.
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For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.
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 Bob Brown