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It may then fairly be inferred, that, till society be differently constituted, much cannot be expected from education.
It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity. It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners.
It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should be only organized dust.
Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.
In this metropolis a number of lurking leeches infamously gain subsistence by practicing on the credulity of women.
In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason.
In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.
If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?
I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.
How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?
You need to have the opportunity for people to benefit and not be beaten up, either physically or in terms of corruption or in terms of lacking opportunities.
You have to get out to meet people that are in poverty, that are looking to improve their lives.
When I travel, I make certain that I spend at least half of my time in the field.
What we need to do is increase the totality of money that is given to the poorest areas and then we can do more on prevention but we have crucial needs at the moment just to get people out of poverty and to get the eight hundred million people that go to bed at night hungry, give them some food and some hope.
What is important is to let the people in the countries drive what their needs are and have a coordinated effort, engage the community, and only after that will we know how much.
Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently.
We're very blessed to have that equal opportunity.
We take for granted a lot of the framework that allows us to benefit and to grow.
We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.
We have extensive networks of not just talking, but of doing projects with civil society all around the world.