There are major efforts being made to dismantle Social Security, the public schools, the post office - anything that benefits the population… — Noam Chomsky 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
As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do… — Noam Chomsky 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
It is common sense that when women are able to plan their pregnancies, populations grow more slowly and as a result so… — Kavita Ramdas 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
The question we should be asking is not why people are sometimes cruel, or even why a few people are usually cruel… — David Graeber Copy Share Image
It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
The U.S. population, a mere four or five percent of the world total, creates half the world's toxic waste. — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
If you're a smart guy, you should really try to find out what women are thinking. I mean, we are 51 percent… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The higher the proportion of adults with low literacy proficiency is, the slower the overall long-term GDP growth rate is.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Once a nation's population becomes prosperous and secure, for example through economic security and universal health care, much of the population loses… — Gregory S. Paul Copy Share Image
In the U.S., blacks are 12% of the population but commit 50% of violent crimes; can anyone honestly think this is unconnected… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
The net worth of the 358 richest people in the world was then found to be 'equal to the combined income of… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
Many scientists would argue that we are now in what is called Extinction, and it's caused by this perfect extinction storm: climate… — Jeff Corwin Copy Share Image
How a man who holds the entire population of a country as his prisoners, and punishes the families of those who escape,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Our disregard of civic and moral virtue as an educational priority is having a tangible effect on the attitudes, understanding and behavior… — William Damon Copy Share Image
If you control the oil you control the country; if you control food, you control the population. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The impact of NCDs is not only affecting the urban populations but also rural poor. This is compounding the basic problem of… — Marty Natalegawa Copy Share Image
If a city has a 30% Negro population, then it is logical to assume that Negroes should have at least 30% of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
When most members of a community are vaccinated, they protect those who are not by eliminating the viral reservoirs in the population.… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
I think that trade is an important issue. Of course, we are 5 percent of the world's population; we have to trade… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
There's a rising cancer trend and, as I said, one of the major contributors is the overall ageing of the population -… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
The reduced variability of small populations is not always due to accidental gene loss, but sometimes to the fact that the entire… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
