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Begum Aga Khan Quotes

born 1963 Germany

Germany
Businesspeople

Also known as: Aga Khan, Begum, Aga Khan, Begum Inaara, Begum Inaara Aga Khan, Begum aga khan, Inaara Aga Khan

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Families are the best place to learn and practice mutual tolerance and acceptance.

We must not forget that mankind depends largely on animals, therefore we have a responsibility for their welfare. If we destroy them — we destroy ourselves.

The most powerful tool to lift families out of extreme poverty is to grant micro-loans to women.

The development of a country has to start at the foundation of the society, the "family".

If Western firms pay developing countries' suppliers' starvation wages in order to feed the West's ever increasing consumer demand, can we call that ‘partnership’?

This "Clash of Civilizations" has led to a "Clash of Religions", leading in turn to war, terror and extreme poverty.

Business is globalizing so fast that it has led to the often quoted ‘clash of civilizations’. People simply have not had time to get to know and understand people of other cultures sufficiently to live and work in harmony.

Charity begins in your own family. "Charitable spirits” mustn’t forget to keep their own slates clean, to address problems and inequities within their own four walls with decency and fairness before trying to make the world a better place. People who aren’t willing to do that are not sincere in their claim to benevolence.

"Tolerance" is not only the acceptance that people, as diverse they may be, have the right to be as they are and to live in peace together. Tolerance — in the context of business — is also the recognition that to get what you want, you have to give something in return.

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