Everybody should have a fair deal; everybody should have the chance to life in this world. If we were evolved as human beings, we would hopefully be able to alleviate suffering in the world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Together, we can build the kind of world in which we all seek to live, one of universal equality and justice.
It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.
We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.
We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.
If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in.
There is no limit to suffering human beings have been willing to inflict on others, no matter how innocent, no matter how young, and no matter how old. This fact must lead all reasonable human beings, that is, all human beings who take evidence seriously, to draw only one possible conclusion: Human nature is not basically good.
The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
We have got to change our ethics and our financial system and our whole way of understanding the world. It has to be a world in which people live rather than die; a sustainable world. It could be great.
Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.
When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution.
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