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“Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent upon a maximum of opportunity for accidents to happen.”

Humans May Happens Opportunity Society Pride Civilization Accidents Dependent Preservation Maximum Humiliating

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“where families suffer from disasters that are preventable, this is a measure of a whole nation's neglect. A society imperils its own future when, out of negligence or contempt, it overlooks the need of children to be reared in a family ... or when, in the midst of plenty, some families cannot give their children adequate food and shelter, safe activity and rest, and an opportunity to grow into full adulthood as people who can care for and cherish other human beings like themselves.”

“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.”

“When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.”

Opportunity Nations Freedom Clear Society Paradox Ignored

Book:Prefaces TO PEACE

Source: Prefaces TO PEACE

“It's important to recognize that expanding the circle of opportunity and increasing the democratic potential of our own society, as well as those across the world, is a continuing process of inclusion.”

World Wells Important Opportunity Process Society Democratic Circles Inclusion Continuing Expanding

Author:Hillary Clinton

“As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.”

Opportunity Nations Society Inclusion Better Off Great Nations

Author:Edward Kennedy

“The United Nations and the Organization of American States have named 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. This is an opportunity for all of us around the globe to celebrate the diversity of our societies and to honor the contributions that our fellow citizens of African descent make every day to the economic, social and political fabrics of our communities.”

“The individual has totally different interests from the society, because the society has no soul. The society is soulless. And if you become too much a part of the society, it will reduce your soul also to a non-entity. Beware, before you have lost your whole opportunity. Don't be a slave. Follow society to the point you feel is needed, but always remain master of your own destiny.”

Ifs Feels Different Soul Whole Opportunity Individual Lost Interest Destiny Too Much Society Masters Needed Slave Your Soul Entity Be A Slave Soulless

Author:Rajneesh

“All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.”

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Author:Albert Einstein

“Those who carry the wound do not feel it. It is the human race and not the individual that is wounded here, is outraged here.”

Opportunity Poverty Society Potential

Book:Wind, Sand and Stars

Source: Wind, Sand and Stars

“To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand why that family would oppose anything that could potentially lower its property values, like a proposal to develop an affordable housing complex in the neighborhood.”

America Opportunity Poverty Society Exploitation Housing

Book:Poverty, by America

Source: Poverty, by America

“Wealth should not be measured by possessions but by the opportunities one creates for others. A prosperous society is built not on the riches of a few, but on the dignity, security, and chances given to the many. True abundance is shared abundance.”

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Author:Shivanshu K. Srivastava

“When a calamity happens even bad people turn humane, whereas worse people turn opportunistic.”

People Humanity Opportunity Learning Society Human Humane Opportunistic

Book:The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!

Source: The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!