Matheus

“Usually it is said that periodic droughts cause bad crops and therefore starvation. But it is the elites of starving countries that propagate this idea. It is a false idea. The unjust or mistaken allocation of funds and national property is the most frequent source of hunger. There was a lot of grain in Ethiopia, but it had first been hidden by the rich and then thrown on the market at a doubled price, inaccessible to peasants and the poor.”
― Ryszard Kapuściński, The Emperor

“After all, what is a dollar but paper? A bullet can save your life. Bullets make weapons more significant, and that makes you more significant.

A man's life - what is that worth? Another man exists only to the degree that he stands in your way. Life doesn't mean much, but it's better to take it from the enemy before he has time to deliver a blow.”
― Ryszard Kapuściński, The Emperor