We might have reason to be driven! We live for a short stretch of time in a world … - Amartya Sen

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An easy life does not make men, nor does it build nations. Challenges make men, and it is these men who build nations.

Amartya Sen

We might have reason to be driven! We live for a short stretch of time in a world we share with others. Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat.

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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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