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

— Begum 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 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.

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