"I was told Indian women don't think like that about equality. But I would like to argue that if they don't think like that they should be given a real opportunity to think like that."

-- Amartya Sen

#Real Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Equality Quotes

“But since the end of the 1970s, at the beginning of the revolution in Iran under Khomenei, we have experienced a politicization of Islam. From the beginning, it had a primary adversary: the emancipation of women. With more men now coming to us from this cultural sphere, and some additionally brutalized by civil wars, this is a problem. We cannot simply ignore it.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Yet the basic fact remains: every regulation represents a restriction of liberty, every regulation has a cost. That is why, like marriage (in the Prayer Book's words), regulation should not "be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly"”
“America is the longest argument in the world.”
“The future will be like the past, in the sense that, no matter how amazing or technologically advanced a society becomes, the basic human rhythm of petty malevolence, sordid moneygrubbing, and official violence, illuminated by occasional bursts of loyalty or desire or tenderness, will go on.”
“Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
“In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity -- or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity -- by being opinionated rather than by being learned.”

Source : The Guardian, September 30, 1989.
“It is a privilege to be recognized by FDLA.Â I am a staunch believer that as a member of the Bar, we have the great privilege to represent clients in all facets of our practice, and that includes making the commitment to represent clients for whom access to representation and ultimately justice is limited by economics.Â As all of the â€œ20 for 20 honorees have done, stepping up to meet that commitment is at the heart of what it means to be a lawyer.Â I hope the inspiring stories and contributions of my fellow honorees will shine a bright light on FDLA and this most important mission.”
“There is no tyranny more ferocious than the tyranny of morality. Everything is sacrificed to it.”

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