One has to be realistic. Ones concern for equity and justice in the world must not carry one … - Amartya Sen

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I'm quite happy for that smile, because Dad told me once you should be grateful for the gifts that are the rarest.

Amartya Sen

One has to be realistic. Ones concern for equity and justice in the world must not carry one into the alien territory of unreasoned belief. Thats very important.

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The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership of any nation, but are presumed to be claims or entitlements of every human being. They differ, therefore, from constitutionally created rights guaranteed for specific people.

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Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty, which robs people of the freedom to satisfy hunger; or to achieve sufficient nutrition, or to obtain remedies for treatable illnesses or the opportunity to be adequatley clothed or sheltered, or to enjoy clean water or sanitary facilities.

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No substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press.

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While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection.

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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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