Quotes of the Day

gordon brown
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009

Open quoteIt is as if the entire population of Rome were to die in the next five years.Close quote

  • GORDON BROWN,
  • British Prime Minister, referring to a World Bank estimate that 2.8 million children could die by 2015 if the global financial crisis is not checked
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