Echoes

" We Must Paint a Better World....."

" The gross national product includes air pollution

and advertising for cigarettes

and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage.

It counts special locks for our doors

and jails for the people who break them.

GNP includes the destruction of the redwoods

and the death of Lake Superior.

It grows with the production of napalm,

and missiles and nuclear warheads…

...it does not allow for the health

of our families, the quality of their education,

or the joy of their play.

It is indifferent to the decency of our factories

and the safety of our streets alike.

It does not include the beauty of our poetry

or the strength of our marriages,

or the intelligence of our public debate

or the integrity of our public officials.

It measures everything, in short,

except that which makes life worthwhile"

(Robert Kennedy)

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