There's absolutely no reason why at the level of basic schooling that there should be any inequity whatsoever. And [that's] the first direction to go, [but] that need not prevent you from doing all the other equalities that you want.

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being

Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty

The governments and the hard-headed military establishment and the general conservative part of America have never taken much interest in democracy, anyway.

I have not had any serious non-academic job.

I guess some of the most delightful moments of my teenage years were when I was trying not just to educate myself but trying to educate others. And I could see how the lives of children could be transformed in that.

In all kinds of ways there are different freedoms that effect our lives and you can assess what our lives are like by looking at the various freedoms that we have.