"Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind."

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Source : Norman Ernest Borlaug (1971). “Mankind and Civilization at Another Crossroad”

Norman Borlaug

#Justice Quotes #Adequate Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.”
“Love God. Live Called. It's not just devotional, it's vocational!”
“Nature seems to have taken a particular care to disseminate her blessings among the different regions of the world, with an eye to their mutual intercourse and traffic among mankind, that the nations of the several parts of the globe might have a kind of dependence upon one another and be united together by their common interest.”
“The painter has to unlearn the habit of thinking that things seem to have the color which common sense says they 'really' have, and to learn the habit of seeing things as they appear.”
“Birth isn't something we suffer but something we actively do and exult in!”
“Now, so, if you want to blame someone for wasteful spending, the Republicans are in the majority.”

Source : "CNN Crossfire", www.cnn.com. February 8, 2005.
“People can say anything they want to. If they don't want to get the news from me, get it from somebody else. It's not something I'm going to worry about, I'm sorry.”

Source : "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". Interview with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.
“We shouldn't just allow gay marriage. We should insist on gay marriage. We should regard it as scandalous that two people could claim to love each other and not want to sanctify their love with marriage and fidelity.”

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