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“Each human being is a citizen of the world. We have many identities, of which one of the identities is our human identity. And that's something that the schools can provide, but that requires again a vision rather than being centers of hatred. It could be an enormous opportunity to give that mission.”

Quote by Amartya Sen

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Amartya Sen is an Indian economist renowned for his contributions to welfare economics, development economics, and ethics. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979 and is considered one of the most outstanding economists of the 20th century. more

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