Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.
Amartya SenRead
Empowering women is key to building a future we want
Interpretation
Empowering women is essential for creating a better future for society.
The quote by Amartya Sen emphasizes the crucial role that women's empowerment plays in the development of society. It suggests that when women are given equal opportunities and support, they can contribute significantly to economic growth, social progress, and overall well-being, leading to a future that benefits everyone.
In practice
In a speech advocating for gender equality, I would use this quote to highlight the importance of empowering women.
Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.
There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children
I attempted to see famines as broad "economic" problems (concentrating on how people can buy food, or otherwise get entitled to it), rather than in terms of the grossly undifferentiated picture of aggregate food supply for the economy as a whole.
Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it.
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.
The exchange between different cultures can not possibly be seen as a threat, when it is friendly. But I believe that the dissatisfaction with the overall architecture often depends on the quality of leadership.
Hence that dread and amazement with which as Scripture uniformly relates holy men were struck and overwhelmed whenever they beheld the presence of God. Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance until they have.
Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.
The excitement of life is in the numinous experience wherein we are given to each other in that larger celebration of existence in which all things attain their highest expression, for the universe, by definition, is a single gorgeous celebratory event.
If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.
The ultimate enemy of Democracy is not the drug dealer of the crooked politician or the crazed skinhead. The ultimate enemy is the New King that has become so powerful it can murder its own citizens with impunity.
You want the good life? You live where white people live, you go to school where white people go to school, and you shop where white people shop.
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