Everything has to be done to build some sort of international democracy. We've seen only the tiniest beginnings of that.

How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally.

Redistribution of wealth would require enormous amounts of investment. The only time an elite has accepted this has been during crises, such as in America in the 1930s under Roosevelt.

Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration.

The Sierra Club in the United States has now really come out for population control and reduction.

There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production.

I'm a radical reformist, because between where we are and where I want to go there's a great deal of work, and I won't see the end of this.