In this world of ours, a world of powerful centers and subjugated outposts, there is no wealth that must not be held in some suspicion.
Interpretation
Wealth and power often come with hidden costs and moral questions.
Eduardo Galeano's quote reflects on the complexity of wealth in a world characterized by power disparities. He suggests that wealth should be viewed with skepticism, as it often comes from or contributes to the oppression of others, prompting a deeper consideration of morality and ethics in our societal structures.
In practice
In a discussion about economic inequality, this quote highlights the moral implications of wealth.
Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs ten steps further away. As much as I may walk, I'll never reach it. So what's the point of utopia? The point is this: to keep walking.
It is highly improbable that the bureaucrat will put his life on the line. It is absolutely impossible that he'll put his job on the line.
We live in a world that treats the dead better than the living. We, the living are askers of questions and givers of answers, and we have other grave defects unpardonable by a system that believes death, like money, improves people.
History never really says goodbye. History says, 'See you later.'
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There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms.
The World War I, I'm a child of World War I. And I really know about the children of war. Because both my parents were both badly damaged by the war. My father, physically, and both mentally and emotionally. So, I know exactly what it's like to be brought up in an atmosphere of a continual harping on the war.
I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tomb of the Capulets.
A government or a party gets the people it deserves and sooner or later a people gets the government it deserves.
To hear complaints is wearisome alike to the wretched and the happy.
The people who are always hankering loudest for some golden yesteryear usually drive new cars.
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