"If man ever comes to perfect equilibrium with the environment, we'll all be redundant, perhaps because you won't need art or letters."

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You cannot form a community of countries of different strength without a certain amount of equilibrium. That is reflected in, for example, the EU budget and the bailout programs. That is why there are net payers and net recipients in Europe. A community cannot exist if the stronger do not take responsibility for the weaker.

— Wolfgang Schauble