Golden Billion
The golden billion (Russian: золотой миллиард, zolotoy milliard) is a term, in the Russian-speaking world, referring to the relatively wealthy people in industrially developed nations, or the West.
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Famous quotes containing the words golden and/or billion:
“I’d let my golden chances pass me by.”
—Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960)
“... men and women are not yet free.... The slavery of greed endures. Little child workers, the hope of the future, are sacrificed to industry. Young men are sent out by the billion to die for profits.... We must destroy industrial slavery and build industrial democracy.... The people everywhere must come into possession of the earth [second, third, and fourth ellipses in source].”
—Sara Bard Field (1882–1974)