Anything that increases the voice of young women tends therefore to reduce the fertility rate.

Development cannot really be so centered only on those in power.

There are some people who say that they’re concerned only with poverty but not inequality. But I don’t think that is a sustainable thought. A lot of poverty is, in fact, inequality because of the connection between income and capability—having adequate resources to take part in the life of the community.

The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value, and these elementary capabilities are of importance on their own

Ultimately, imperialism made even the British working classes suffer. This is a point which the British working classes found quite difficult to swallow, but they did, actually.

But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.

Human life depends not only on income but also on social opportunities, [for example] what the state does for educating.