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Development cannot really be so centered only on those in power.
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A defeated argument that refuses to be obliterated can remain very alive.
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Religion is not and can not be all encompassing identity of an individual.
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Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty
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No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.
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There are Muslims of all kinds. The idea of closing them into a single identity is wrong.
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Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.
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There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children
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Opponents of globalisation may see it as a new folly, but it is neither particularly new, nor, in general, a folly.
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[Globalization] has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.
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Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.
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Starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat.
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It is important to reclaim for humanity the ground that has been taken from it by various arbitrarily narrow formulations of the demands of rationality
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Living in a market economy is not very different from speaking in prose. It is not easy to do without it, but much depends on what we choose to use prose.
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People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race seemed to give way — quite suddenly — to sectarian identification with Hindu, Muslim, or Sikh communities.
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If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements is neither necessary nor sufficient.
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Reductionism solitary human identity has far-reaching consequences. Evoked an illusion to divide individuals into categories extraordinarily rigid can be used to instigate clashes between groups.
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Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Robert F. Kennedy
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November 3, 1933
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