"We got rid of colonialism, we got rid of slavery, and we got rid of apartheid everyone thought each one of them was impossible. Let's take the next impossible, do it with joy and get it finished with and create a world free from poverty. Let us create the world of our choice."

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Source: Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the World’s Poorest Citizens, Makes His Case. Interview with Linda O’Bryon, knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. March 9, 2005.

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