At the turn of the 20th century, the disparity in literacy here in the U.S. largely came down to race. Nearly half… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
The contrast of the world that we live in and the world that is here in Aspen and the world inhabited by… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
One world, one mankind cannot exist in the face of six, four or even two scales of values: We shall be torn… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market… — Anthony Minghella Copy Share Image
Why my interest in writers? Well, I'm one, and many of my friends are writers. I know what it's like to write.… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
Mandatory minimum sentences give no discretion to judges about the amount of time that the person should receive once a guilty verdict… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
To each, therefore, must be given his own share of goods, and the distribution of created goods, which, as every discerning person… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
We should condemn as unjust a global economic order that leads to ever-increasing economic disparities - provided this effect is foreseeable and… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
An increasing number of people are growing uncomfortable with the gulf between the world's rich and the poor. Ostentatiously splashing your money… — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
If Coolidge were a stock, he'd be a buy. The experts have historically ranked Coolidge in the bottom quartile or bottom half… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
My concern was first, for the black people of Mississippi, then I became concerned for black people nationwide, now my concern is… — David Banner Copy Share Image
India's sex ratio is 1000 boys for 940 girls. Who creates this disparity? It isn't God. Don't fill your coffers by sacrificing… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
My father was very strict with me, and I kept seeing a disparity between their freedom and my lack of it, or… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“Compare with such a one the common rabble of mankind, stupid and mean-spirited, servile, instable, and continually floating with the tempest of… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Because national borders are eroding, because of the growth of non-state actors. It's a different kind of a world. We are tied… — Brent Scowcroft Copy Share Image
It is the poet and philosopher who provide the community of objectives in which the artist participates. Their chief preoccupation, like the… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
Behavior must also be adequately assessed under appropriate circumstances. Ill-defined global measures of perceived self-efficacy or defective assessments of performance will yield… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
“Disparity of force can take many forms. Force of numbers is one of the most common. A significant disparity of size and… — Massad Ayoob Copy Share Image
I see a violation of human rights not in the mere fact that people don't have enough to eat and that they… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
