"But this present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for long. Already there are powerful forces at work that threaten to destroy all of our hopes and efforts to erect an enduring structure of global interdependence."
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Speech at the Annual Ambassadors' Dinner, September 14, 1994.
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David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller, Sr (12 June 1915 – 20 March 2017) was a prominent American banker, statesman, globalist, and a grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller.
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