Development requires major source of unfreedom: poverty as well as tyranny, poor economic opportunities as well as systematic social deprivation, neglect of… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
A prison! heav'ns, I loath the hated name, Famine's metropolis, the sink of shame, A nauseous sepulchre, whose craving womb Hourly inters… — Tom Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
[D]ecade after decade, through taxes and regulations, governments at all levels took ever-increasing control over people's lives, wealth, and property. The control… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
My family moved to the Philippines when I was 14. While living there, I learned that my mom grew up very poor.… — Manny Pacquiao Copy Share Image
but what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Come away, come away, Death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath, I am slain by… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We know taxes slow down economic growth, so if you add a carbon tax you have to also minus other taxes. You… — Christy Clark Copy Share Image
The only place where we're not segregated in mass is in sports. You go to a football stadium or a basketball arena,… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
This movie came as a reaction to reality. I realized that I do not know that 80 of the population that lives… — Jonathan Jakubowicz Copy Share Image
Conflict can and should be handled constructively; when it is, relationships benefit. Conflict avoidance is *not* the hallmark of a good relationship.… — Harriet B. Braiker Copy Share Image
Poor gosling. It hurts to be lost. And worse to be home with no kind of homecoming...I'll be lucky if I can… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
Our way of living together in America is a strong but delicate fabric. It is made up of many threads. It has… — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
In the end, the most important thing is not to do things for people who are poor and in distress, but to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
My priority is inclusion and justice. We need a system of justice that is applied across the board. That is what this… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Hear me, people: We have now to deal with another race- small and feeble when our fathers first met them, but now… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
A coach can't be concerned with the poor ballplayer. If the player can't make it, he's got to be out right away.… — John McNally Copy Share Image
This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The gag rule must be eliminated, and it's just the gag rule, we're not talking now even about funding abortion. We're talking… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
Where people work longest and with least leisure, they buy the fewest goods. No towns were so poor as those of England… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
I argue that in the long run, the US would be on a far more financially secure footing if we recalibrate how… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
There's a reason Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix are our four fastest-growing areas. They offer an astonishingly high standard of living for… — Edward Glaeser Copy Share Image
Poor people will do almost anything to avoid problems. They see a challenge and they run...the secret to success, my friends, is… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
Poor and most middle-class people believe "If I have a lot of money, I could do what I want and I'd be… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
I have had a fairly long life, above all a very happy one, and I think that I shall be remembered with… — Antoine Lavoisier Copy Share Image
Monsanto will not come empty-handed. Monsanto will come with a big bag of money. And because these governments are poor, when they… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Failure means that you would not, or could not, pay for success. Success is a matter of sale. It can (most often)… — Charles Buxton Copy Share Image
I've been surprised by how little criticism I've got. Harry Potter's been taking all the flak. I'm a great fan of J.K.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
It's not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,' said Simmons. 'Everyone knows you don't fight like a gentleman.' 'That might be called… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once I no longer exist as I am, out of what consideration then should I forgo anything? Should I belong to a… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
Essential to the attainment of these national goals is the moral imperative of ensuring social justice and respect for human dignity. The… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I could see the road ahead of me. I was poor and I was going to stay poor. But I didn't particularly… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I was the fifth child in a family of six, five boys and one girl. Bless that poor girl. We were very… — Cecil Williams Copy Share Image
It is true, we are such poor navigators that our thoughts, for the most part, stand off and on upon a harborless… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We offer a better way for dealing with persistent poverty in this country. A way that shows poor Americans the world beyond… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
You cannot immunize sick, malnourished children and expect them to get away with it. You'll kill far more children than would have… — Archie Kalokerinos Copy Share Image
I just don't understand how anyone would want to be a Republican. I just can't figure it. I don't understand. If you're… — Cher Copy Share Image
Where does the ego get its energy? The ego feeds off your desire to be something else. You are poor and you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Every single case of inherited defect, every malformed child, every congenitally tainted human being brought into this world is of infinite importance… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
During the Cold War, the West was extremely careful not to allow the gap between the rich and poor to widen too… — Heinrich August Winkler Copy Share Image
We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image