From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.
Civilization and profit go hand in hand.
Greed can't again lead the way. We've taken that route before with terrible consequences for this nation and its people.
What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.
Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home.
Greed has been with human beings forever. We have a number of things in our species that you would call 'the dark side,' and greed is one of them. If you don't put certain structures in place or restrictions on those parts of our being that come from that dark place, then it gets out of control.
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
One of the things that I'm fascinated about generally is the rise and fall of everything, from civilizations to families to companies.
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