Law reforms in the US, ostensibly enacted to prohibit racism, have proven ineffective because they focus on bad intentions of individuals and… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
In America, more than half the population are overweight. It's not healthy and I'm not proud of that but I don't hate… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
Education, which was at first made universal in order that all might be able to read and write, has been found capable… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
We are entering a new phase in human history - one in which fewer and fewer workers will be needed to produce… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
We are being colonised without New Zealanders having some say in the numbers of people coming in and where they are coming… — Winston Peters Copy Share Image
I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that falsehood and… — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield Copy Share Image
The current situation in Iraq is ultimately a crisis of governance, which has allowed extremist groups to take advantage of disillusioned segments… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
Island of Hispaniola once so populous (having a population that I estimated to be more than three million), has now a population… — Bartolome de las Casas Copy Share Image
India made a big mistake by signing up to TRIPS. With a population of 1.3 billion, India can't afford a monopoly in… — Yusuf Hamied Copy Share Image
A year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it returned seven representatives to the Sardinian Parliament… — John Bright Copy Share Image
Our challenge, our generation's unique challenge, is learning to live peacefully and sustainably in an extraordinarily crowded world. Our planet is crowded… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Imagine the earth’s population of six billion people reduced to just one hundred representatives. Statistically, that makes 30 white, 70 non-white. It… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
In the case of my country, Guatemala, 65% of the inhabitants are indigenous. The constitution speaks of protection for the indigenous. Who… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
China is a developing country with a huge population, and also a developing country in a crucial stage of reform. In this… — Hu Jintao Copy Share Image
The largest newspaper in the United States is only reaching 1 percent of population. We are kind of assuming that 'Wall Street… — Yuri Milner Copy Share Image
it is a surprising thing that the largest city in the world should have a population as gentle and pleasant and intimate… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Whereas she wished more of the population were better educated, she also believed that education was largely wasted on the majority of… — John Irving Copy Share Image
When you become successful, half the population puts you on a pedestal, and half the population treats you with less respect than… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
The commitment of government to deal with the population issue is of course essential…There are many ways to make the death rate… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population and gave birth to the whole world.… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
And we know there has been horrendous loss of life and suffering and we know that there is anger. Anyone who came… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
We've had hurricanes in Florida forever. And the question is, 'What do we do about the fact that we have built expensive… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The adaptive markets hypothesis says that all economic institutions, like our own species, develop and change over time, depending on the population… — Andrew Lo Copy Share Image
Look at the growing number of people that want to ban football. Or ban anything that might hurt somebody. Too violent or… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
There would be no population explosion if people who are trying to keep the wolf from the door wouldn't let the stork… — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
For Europe to play a part in the world on the scale of its wealth and its population and its capacities, Europe… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Casper Wyo., population 18,000 when I was born, was large enough to hold the surprises of civilization, but small enough that the… — Lynne Cheney Copy Share Image
There are eleven or twelve or thirteen cities in China with populations of over 10 million people and most people in the… — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
Politically speaking, you don't necessarily give away information that allows your enemy to get an upper hand. But at the same time… — Dwight Schultz Copy Share Image
Show me a population that is deeply religious and I will show you a servile population, content with whips and chains, ...… — Hubert Harrison Copy Share Image
I still think there's a big part of the population that has a lot of misinformation about sharks. But I think it's… — Brian Skerry Copy Share Image
The AIDS epidemic, rather than being a scourge, is a welcome development in the inevitable reduction of human population... If it didn't… — David Foreman Copy Share Image
As for the "anger" of the volcano, we leave it up to the local populations who create their demons, their gods and… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Military inclusion has never been a central demand from trans populations, who consistently name criminalization, immigration enforcement, poverty and joblessness as top… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
Today, Wilberforce University welcomes many of America's poorest and most underserved populations and transforms their educational dreams into realities. — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
Suddenly, we humans - a recently arrived species, no longer subject to the checks and balances inherent in nature - have grown… — Paul MacCready Copy Share Image
'Smart growth' destroys the environment. 'Dumb growth' destroys the environment. The only difference is that 'smart growth' does it with good taste.… — Albert Allen Bartlett Copy Share Image
The current business model for language education is the student pays — in particular, the student pays Rosetta Stone $500. The problem… — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
Birds are extremely valued as indicators of overall environmental health. If there's a problem in a wild bird population, it's indicative that… — Jim Elliot Copy Share Image
Any discussion of investment or putting monetary value on the environment must start with the populations who rely on those resources. — Helene D. Gayle Copy Share Image