"We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When..."

““We must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented society to a person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, militarism and economic exploitation are incapable of being conquered. A nation can flounder as readily in the face of moral and spiritual bankruptcy as it can through financial bankruptcy.””

- Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr.
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