Humberto  Cadavid Álvarez

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‘To him (the Burmese) men are men, and animals are animals, and men are far the higher. But he does not deduce from this that man’s superiority gives him permission to ill-treat or kill animals. It is just the reverse. It is because man is so much higher than the animal that he can and must observe towards animals the very greatest care, feel for them the very greatest compassion, be good to them in every way he can. The Burmese’s motto should be noblesse oblige. He knows the meaning, he knows not the words.’3
Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered (Vintage classics)
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