It doesn't matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true.
Self-interest and mutual interest are inextricably linked. National interests can best be advanced through collective action,. . . Calculate not just the human misery of the poor themselves. Calculate our loss: The aid, the lost opportunity to trade, the short-term consequences of the multiple conflicts; the long-term consequences on the attitude to the wealthy world of injustice and abject deprivation amongst the poor.