"we must go on fighting for basic education……" — Amartya Sen
"we must go on fighting for basic education for all, but also emphasize the importance of the content of education. We have to make sure that sectarian schooling does not convert education into a prison, rather than being a passport to the wide world."
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Amartya Sen
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49 Quotes by Amartya Sen
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The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are…
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I attempted to see famines as broad "economic" problems (concentrating on how people can buy food, or otherwise get entitled…
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The best hope for peace in the world lies in the simple but far-reaching recognition that we all have many…
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But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations,…
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Poverty is the deprivation of opportunity.
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Economics, as it has emerged, can be made more productive by paying greater and more explicit attention to the ethical…
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A society can be Pareto optimal and still perfectly disgusting.
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Unceasing change turns the wheel of life, and so reality is shown in all it's many forms. Dwell peacefully as…
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The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any…
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If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully…
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The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.
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Development requires major source of unfreedom: poverty as well as tyranny, poor economic opportunities as well as systematic social deprivation,…
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