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“The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.”

Ifs Years Looks Made Country Character Able Lasts Poverty Economy Progress Generations Example Grew Percent East Indian Asian 1960s Phenomenal Asian Countries

Author:Manmohan Singh

“Many are the lives of men unwritten, which have nevertheless as powerfully influenced civilization and progress as the more fortunate Great whose names are recorded in biography. Even the humblest person, who sets before his fellows an example of industry, sobriety, and upright honesty of purpose in life, has a present as well as a future influence upon the well-being of his country; for his life and character pass unconsciously into the lives of others, and propagate good example for all time to come.”

Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct

“I was all for setting up a separate Jewish state in Madagascar or Palestine or someplace, but not to exterminate them. Besides, by exterminating 4 million Jews - they say 5 or 6 million at this trial, but that is all propaganda, I am sure it wasn't more than 4.5 million - they have made martyrs out of those Jews. For example, because of the extermination of these Jews, anti-Semitism has been set back many years in certain foreign countries where it had been making good progress.”

Years Has Beens Made Country States Certain Millions Progress Example Jew Trials Setting Settings Propaganda Palestine Martyr Anti Semitism Foreign Countries Extermination Madagascar

Author:Julius Streicher

“Certain management policies-stretching of credit resources, for example-may lead to great progress in good conditions; but, like the Grand Prix car in comparison with the Land Rover, they may not be robust enough to survive when the going gets tough.”

May Enough Certain Progress Land Conditions Car Policy Example Tough Resources Management Credit Comparison Stretching Robust Going Gets Tough Grand Prix Great Progress

Author:Anthony Stafford Beer

“When we do not know the truth of a thing, it is good that there should exist a common error which determines the mind of man, as, for example, the moon, to which is attributed the change of seasons, the progress of diseases, etc. For the chief malady of man is a restless curiosity about things which he cannot understand; and it is not so bad for him to be in error as to be curious to no purpose.”

Knows Men Should Mind Truth Purpose Common Progress Example Moon Disease Seasons Errors Curiosity Determine Curious Chiefs Motive Etc Restless Malady Seasons Change

Book:Pascal's Pensees

Source: Pascal's Pensees

“When the first people started to argue against slavery, for example, this was a new idea. If you crowd-source, you'd never come up with this. And so the - exactly the kind of progress we've made couldn't be made if we depend it on crowd-sourcing.”

People Ifs Firsts Kind Made Ideas Progress Example Source Depends Slavery Come Up Crowds Arguing New Ideas

Author:Rebecca Goldstein

“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it's more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”

Has Beens Courses Education Steps Cases Progress Example Organization Universal Paid Credit Technique Backwards Notable Aeroplanes Wireless Universal Education Debit

Book:The collected works of Aldous Huxley

Source: The collected works of Aldous Huxley

“I have not seen that standardised tests make the profession less attractive, though some principals respond to them in a way that drives the best teachers out of their schools (by over-emphasising test prep in the school curriculum for example). On the other hand, great teachers want benchmarks to measure progress and tests can help with that.”

Way Want Helping Hands School Teacher Progress Example Tests Profession Attractive Principal Curriculum Great Teacher Best Teacher Preps School Curriculum

Author:Wendy Kopp

“If I had in me something that inspires people towards the good and raises them one step on the ladder of mental and spiritual progress, I want to show it by example, indication, and deduction, not by preaching, threatening, and conspiring.”

People Ifs Want Shows Spiritual Steps Progress Example Inspire Raises Preaching Threatening Ladders Indication Deductions Conspiring Spiritual Progress

Author:Ameen Rihani

“So far from being an isolated phenomenon the late war is only an example of the disruptive result that we may constantly expect from the progress of science.”

May War Results Progress Example Late Phenomenon Isolated Disruptive

Author:John B. S. Haldane

“We all have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend to remain dormant. We can develop them on the basis of common sense, common experience and scientific findings. The response to the recent tragedy in the Philippines is an example of how such values are awakened; people helped simply because others are suffering and in need of support.”

“The Black Lives Matter movement, the various Occupy movements in Spain and the rest of Europe, in this country, and elsewhere serve as an example of what can be done, and how strong the voices for positive change and truly democratic progress can be.”

Country Matter Done Strong Black Voice Progress Example Movement Europe Democratic Various Elsewhere Spain Black Lives Matter Positive Change Black Lives Occupy Movement

Author:Viggo Mortensen

“Take the US. Women were not even able to vote until 90 ago, at about the same time they gained the right in Afghanistan. Rights of former slaves were very limited until the 1960s, and in some ways still are. In these and other domains there has been progress in democracy, though still seriously flawed. In other dimensions - the control of concentrated wealth over the political process, for example, things have gotten much worse in recent years. And there is much more, in both directions.”

Way Years Has Beens Stills Able Political Process Wealth Democracy Rights Progress Example Vote Slave Former Dimensions Afghanistan Domain Flawed 1960s

Author:Noam Chomsky