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What good is having the right to sit at a lunch counter if you can't afford to buy a hamburger? — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The era of using people as production tools is coming to an end. Participation is infinitely more complex to practice than conventional corporate unilateralism, just… — Ricardo Semler
We no longer see the world as a single entity. We've moved to cities and we think the economy is what gives us our life,… — David Suzuki
Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford. — Ambrose Bierce
And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders; nor… — Barack Obama
Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can't afford the risk of inaction. — Rupert Murdoch
We cannot afford to put off change any longer. We have to get on a new path within this new administration. We have only four… — James Hansen
The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a capitalist is a… — Lewis H. Lapham
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun… — Alex Kozinski
In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At a… — Kofi Annan
Transparency is all about letting in and embracing new ideas, new technology and new approaches. No individual, entity or agency, no matter how smart, how… — Gina McCarthy
Don't give your son money. As far as you can afford it, give him horses. — Winston Churchill
I trust that the proposed Constitution afford a genuine specimen of representative government and republican government; and that it will answer, in an eminent degree,… — Alexander Hamilton
The variety of more minute interests, which will necessarily fall under the superintendence of the local administrations . . . cannot be particularized without involving… — Alexander Hamilton
It is presumable that no country will be able to borrow of foreigners upon better terms than the United States, because none can, perhaps, afford… — Alexander Hamilton
Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless… — George Washington
No man will subject himself to the ridicule of pretending that any natural connection subsists between the sun or the seasons, and the period within… — James Madison
I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only… — Alexander Hamilton
Well, as you know, there are many things in life that are not fair, that wealthy people can afford and poor people cant. But I… — Jimmy Carter
Older women can afford to agree that femininity is a charade, a matter of colored hair, ecru lace and whalebones, the kind of slap and… — Germaine Greer
In societies that worship money and success, the losers become objects of scorn. Those who work the hardest for the least are called lazy. Those… — Michael Parenti
This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security. — Henry A. Kissinger
If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration will afford a… — Alexander Hamilton
The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be… — George Bernard Shaw
The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to the peace and… — Thomas McKean

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