Amartya Sen Quotes

I think that everybody should have the same opportunities.

Education ought to be affordable for everybody. That only advances a society.

Opportunities for education should be within the reach of every individual, not for the lucky few.

You cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities!

Since I became First Minister, I have made clear my priority to alleviate poverty and tackle inequality in Scotland. Ensuring that everyone can do better in life will not only make Scotland fairer, but it will also make it a more prosperous place.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

Segregation has no place in the education system.

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.

Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.

Our soft hearts are what tell us that, whatever the circumstances of birth, everyone must be given opportunities to do well.

Our work to provide equal opportunities for all Americans should be a year-round mission.

We will not build a society that reflects who we are and that has opportunities for equality or justice if we don't make progress for all participants.

We must restore the emotional relationship that people have to the idea of America, that no matter where you come from, no matter where you live, that you have access to the same opportunities that somebody who is born in privilege.

All children should have equal opportunities.

We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.

We are thus brought to a conception of Democracy not merely as a sentiment which desires the well-being of all men, nor yet as a creed which believes in the essential dignity and equality of all men, but as that which affords a rule of living as well as a test of faith.

Without equality there can be no democracy.

The advantages and privileges which have hitherto enjoyed by the few shall be far more widely shared by the many.

Our aim is a totally new and just constitutional dispension in which every inhabitant will enjoy equal rights, treatment and opportunity in every sphere of endeavour—constitutional, social and economic.

A man does not have to like me to work by my side, or in my employ or to be my next-door neighbor. But he does not have the right to limit my opportunities for employment or my choice of housing.

Here, no privileged orders – no factitious distinctions in society – no hereditary nobility – no royal prerogatives exist, to interpose barriers between the people, and to create distinct classifications in society. All men being considered as enjoying an equality of rights, the propriety and necessity of dispensing, without distinction, the blessings of education ….

The function of democratic living is not to lower standards but to raise those that have been too low.

We [Chicago] are known as the city that works. You gotta make sure it works for everybody and not just a few.

Youths of all Religious Denominations shall and may be freely admitted to the Equal Advantages Emoluments & Honors of the College or University and shall Receive a like fair generous & equal Treatment.