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8-27-17 Merkel: no regrets http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-election-idUSKCN1B70F2
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10-20-14 For a variety of reasons, many governments and bureaucrats within government agencies have special interests in large investments leading to state organisations creatively reforming, bending or re-interpreting existing rules and regulations that should actually prevent watergrabbing from taking place.
Beyond the state, a whole array of different actors, both old and new, are involved in the global water grab. These include specialised water-targeted investment funds that seek to profit from the monetisation of water and its transformation into an economic asset gaining in scarcity value. It also encompasses a whole host of transnational corporations, including large private water companies, agribusinesses and the extractive industries. https://www.tni.org/en/publication/the-global-water-grab-a-primer
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Confucius said, “Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue, small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.” – 4:11 Analects
Confucius said, “If you act on the basis of profit, you will be much resented.” – 4:12
Confucius said to a disciple, “My way is permeated by unity!” The disciple said, “Yes.” When Confucius had left, the students asked the disciple what the teacher had meant. He said, “The teacher’s way is just being faithful and considerate.” – 4:15
Confucius said. “Good people should be slow to speak but quick to act.” – 4:24 Confucius said, “Virtue is never isolated; it always has neighbors.” – 4:25
A disciple said, “If one can be generous to the people and can help the masses, how would that be? Could it be called humaneness?”
Confucius said, “One would not only be humane; one would surely be a sage. Even (the legendary wise kings) Yao and Shun had trouble doing this.” – 6:30
Confucius said, “Even if you have fine abilities, if you are arrogant and stingy, the rest is not worth considering.” – 8:11
A disciple asked Confucius about the way of good people. Confucius said, “If you do not walk in their footsteps, you do not gain access to their abode.” – 11:20 https://www.endhungerinamerica.org/words-of-faith/the-analects-of-confucius/
by Jack Fang, 1973 at San Jose, CA park
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