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“As a consequence, geneticists described evolution simply as a change in gene frequencies in populations, totally ignoring the fact that evolution consists of the two simultaneous but quite separate phenomena of adaptation and diversification.”

Two Facts Evolution Consequence Population Genes Adaptation Frequency Simultaneous Diversification Ignoring Facts

Book:Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist

Source: Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist

“I don't think that our problem, our jobs problem, is fundamentally a problem of trade. I think it has much more to do with the fact that we have not sufficiently educated our population. We have not got out of this great recession with adequate stimulus and adequate fiscal and monetary policies over all.”

Thinking Facts Problem Jobs Policy Trade Population Educated Adequate Stimulus Monetary Recessions Monetary Policy Great Recession

Author:Robert Reich

“The most formidable of all the ills that threaten the future of the Union arises from the presence of a black population upon its territory; and in contemplating the cause of the present embarrassments, or the future dangers of the United States, the observer is invariably led to this as a primary fact.”

States Facts Causes Black United United States Danger Unions Population Arise Primaries Territory Contemplating Observers Embarrassment Formidable

Book:Democracy in America

Source: Democracy in America

“The US and UK governments' relentless backing for the global spread of genetically modified seeds was in fact the implementation of a decades long policy of the Rockefeller Foundation since the 1930's, when it funded Nazi eugenics research - i.e. mass-scale population reduction, and control of darker-skinned races by an Anglo-Saxon white elite. As some of these circles saw it, war as a means of population reduction was costly and not that efficient.”

“One must always have in mind one simple fact - there is no literate population in the world that is poor, and there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor.”

World Mind Facts Simple Poor Population Illiterate

Book:Interviews with John Kenneth Galbraith

Source: Interviews with John Kenneth Galbraith

“At no time, anywhere, was the population of a country told the truth: facts about events trickled into general consciousness much later, if ever.”

Ifs Country Facts Consciousness Events Population

Book:Shikasta: Re, Colonised Planet 5

Source: Shikasta: Re, Colonised Planet 5

“Most people, I suspect, still have in their minds an image of America as the great land of college education, unique in the extent to which higher learning is offered to the population at large. That image used to correspond to reality. But these days young Americans are considerably less likely than young people in many other countries to graduate from college. In fact, we have a college graduation rate that's slightly below the average across all advanced economies.”

“It is a melancholy but an undoubted fact, that, even in the most thriving countries, part of the population annually dies of mere want. Not that all who perish from want absolutely die of hunger; though this calamity is of more frequent occurrence than is generally supposed.”

Want Country Facts Dies Mere Hunger Population Melancholy Calamity

Book:A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth

Source: A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth

“The world saw and understood that, when it comes to the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations, they have to deal not just with Armenia with its three million population, but with the ten million Armenians. And let no one ignore the fact that, contrary to any slogans, the Armenian nation is united in its goals and is strong with its sons and daughters.”

World Facts Three Strong Nations Goal United Deals Millions Saws Son Ten Daughter Understood Relation Population Contrary Slogans Turkish Son And Daughter Armenians Armenia

Author:Serzh Sargsyan

“I really don't want to produce artwork that does not have meaning beyond simple decorative values. I want to use public space to create a public voice, and a public consciousness about the presence of people who are, in fact, the majority of the population but who are not represented in any visual way. By telling their stories we are giving voice to the voiceless and visualizing the whole of the American story.”

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Author:Judy Baca