The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
It's thought that about 96% of us have visual imagery, and there's a very tiny minority in the population, some of whom… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
My three main goals would be to reduce human population to about 100 million worldwide, destroy the industrial infrastructure and see wilderness,… — David Foreman Copy Share Image
The Asia Pacific is home to nearly half the world's population, a growing middle class and holds so much opportunity for us… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Socialism constitutes a threat to the present and future welfare of the human race, in the sense that neither socialism nor any… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
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Leaders who forbid their followers to use effective contraceptive methods express a preference for "natural" methods of population limitation, and a natural… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
Tom Paine was a great American visionary. His book, Common Sense, sold a couple of hundred thousand copies in a population of… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“Humans aren’t going to do anything in time to prevent the planet from being destroyed wholesale. Poor people are too preoccupied by… — Aric McBay Copy Share Image
There is but one means available to improve the material conditions of mankind: to accelerate the growth of capital accumulated as against… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
India had barely become independent, in 1947, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, which at the time was ruled by a maharajah. The maharajah… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Those who kill their own children and discriminate daily against them because of the color of their skin; those who let the… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
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To say that certainly America was very lucky to get a large amount of land, and the native Indians were extremely unlucky… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
We need a whole bunch of books about people of color, kids on the spectrum, etc. It's strange that we have a… — Kekla Magoon Copy Share Image
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today, due to the massive Chinese population transfer, the nation of Tibet truly faces the threat of extinction, along with its unique… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Hardly any famine affects more than 5 percent, almost never more than 10 percent, of the population. The largest proportion of a… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
It's true that I have not been able to completely close Guantanamo, but we've drastically reduced the population from 700 or so… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Kids just don't read any more. They spend much more time with video games. It's just hard to get kids to read… — Stan Sakai Copy Share Image
It takes as little as 1% of a population to create positive change, and I believe that if 100 million people underwent… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
If x is the population of the United States and y is the degree of imbecility of the average American, then democracy… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Women are afraid in a world in which almost half the population bears the guise of the predator, in which no factor… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
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You have 60 countries in the world with a terrorist problem. That's two-thirds of the world. We have this group in Basilan,… — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Copy Share Image
There is a statistic I heard a number of years ago: if you know somebody who is 85 years old, that person… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
If you look at the families who live below the poverty line, only 47% of them have internet access at home. And… — David L. Cohen Copy Share Image
I think 'retirement' goes hand in hand with people who make a living by having a 'job.' I don't think we-the .00001… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
Generally I'm very supportive of farmers. I think the wider Australian population is also. The animal justice fund is focusing on factory-farmed… — Jan Cameron Copy Share Image
It's the biggest public health problem in America, the rising rates of obesity among our young people and very heavy statistics among… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
When you are engaged in both trying to kill and capture the enemy and get support from the local population, you have… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Whatever its other limitations, the Big Apple and those who live there make room for their dogs and cats, take good care… — Nick Clooney Copy Share Image
Probably the most important reason we are seeing more cancers than before is because the population is ageing overall. And cancer is… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
There's no point bleating about the future of pandas, polar bears and tigers when we're not addressing the one single factor putting… — Chris Packham Copy Share Image
Our fifty principal cities contain 39.3 per cent of our entire German population, and 45.8 per cent of the Irish. Our ten… — Josiah Strong Copy Share Image
One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population. — Wendy Craig Copy Share Image
One must always have in mind one simple fact - there is no literate population in the world that is poor, and… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
![“India had barely become independent, in 1947, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, which at the time was ruled by a maharajah. The maharajah fled, and the people of Kashmir, led by Sheikh Abdullah, asked for Indian help. Lord [Louis] Mountbatten, who was still governor general, replied that he wouldn't…” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab8/indira-gandhi-1113_able_india-had-barely-become-independent-in-1_2348773.jpg)
