“When the people fear a government, they're a tyranny. When a government fears the people, there is liberty.” Quote by John Basil Barnhill
“I've probably got the most loyal hardcore fans in the music business. You know, I can sit around, go fishing, do ten shows a year, fifteen, none, twenty, and it's just fantastic. Because they know I shoot straight and I don't talk bull.” KnowsYearsI CanShowsFansTenTwentiesFantasticFishingLoyalFifteenBullsMusic BusinessHardcore Author:Hank Williams, Jr.
“There is no freedom of speech if you're a conservative.” IfsSpeechConservativeFreedom Of Speech Author:Hank Williams, Jr.
“America is still a country of choices and options. And I have a lot of them.” StillsCountryAmericaChoices Author:Hank Williams, Jr.
“Being able to read, write, do your sums really transforms a human being.” WritingHumansAbleHuman Beings Author:Amartya Sen
“Your voice is much more articulate and people listen to you if you've been to school. In family decisions, not surprisingly, the biggest impact in reducing fertility is girls' education.” PeopleIfsSchoolGirlVoiceDecisionImpactReducingFertility Author:Amartya Sen
“When the government is trying to penny-pinch and, at the same time, trying to keep a defense expenditure and so forth, which are regarded as quote unquote essential, the education is regarded inessential.” TryingGovernmentEssentialsDefensePenniesExpenditures Author:Amartya Sen
“Every time you have an opportunity of opening a school, its fee and funding is really relatively small in comparison with the big expenditure, which is basically quote unquote defense. I think if there were fees, progress could be very much faster. But for that we need not only the government in different countries to understand it but the society to put pressure on it, the parents to understand that their desire to have their children educated can actually be realized, and it could make a dramatic difference.” IfsThinkingNeedsChildrenDifferentCountryBigsGovernmentSchoolDesireOpportunityParentDifferencesProgressPressureDefenseOpeningEducatedFasterDramaticComparisonFundingFeesExpendituresDifferent Countries Author:Amartya Sen
“One has to bring the multidimensional impact that schooling makes in the lives of people. There's nothing like it, and I think the importance of it has to be shaken into people's understanding and determination.” PeopleThinkingUnderstandingDeterminationImportanceImpactSchooling Author:Amartya Sen
“If you're dealing with grappling [with] problems of feeding people, the biggest impact in fertility reduction is girls' schools. Schooled girls make a bigger impact on that than any other factor - not these various regulations [such as] you have to have one child or that. It turns out that none of these are effective.” PeopleIfsChildrenProblemSchoolTurnsGirlBiggerImpactVariousFactorsRegulationFeedingReductionSchooledFertilityGrappling Author:Amartya Sen