Without prosperous local economies, the people have no power and the l…

Wendell Berry
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Without prosperous local economies, the people have no power and the land no voice. ✨ Wendell Berry (2003). The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry, p.261, Counterpoint
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Without prosperous local economies, the people have no power and the land no voice. ✨ Wendell Berry (2003). The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry, p.261, Counterpoint

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