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  • It has been estimated that in ceremonial of this kind, salutes to royalty and other distinguished personages, the opening and closing of harbours, guns fired at daybreak and sunset from ships and fortresses throughout the civilized world, some 150,000 cannons are uselessly discharged every twenty-four hours. At six francs a time this amounts to 900,000 francs a day, or 300 millions a year. A detail in passing. Meanwhile the poor continue to die of hunger.

    Speaker: Victor Hugo
    Source: Les Miserables
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    Posted: 18 Mar 2009 at 8:17 PM
    Posted By: Puck
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    Tags: poverty, wealth