Sen, Amartya

"Sustainable development must account for how choices affect future generations."

"Reason is a human faculty that must be exercised in dialogue with others."

"People are not passive recipients of development; they are participants in shaping it."

"The freedom to criticize powerful institutions and leaders is vital to justice."

"Poverty reduces not just material well-being but also the ability to participate socially."

"We must recognize the real freedoms that matter to people, not just abstract ideals."

"The market can be an efficient mechanism, but it cannot be the sole measure of value."

"Human development is ultimately about expanding what people are able to do."

"Tolerance requires more than mere indifference; it requires active respect."

"The capability to imagine alternatives is what allows us to envision a better world."

"Social institutions should be judged by how they affect human freedom and dignity."

"We are rational beings capable of reflecting on and revising our values over time."

"The space of freedoms is multidimensional; one deprivation cannot be simply compensated for."

"Public reasoning about values and priorities is the foundation of legitimate governance."

"The capability approach recognizes that human diversity means we cannot use one metric for well-being."

"Unfreedom can be caused by the actions of others or by natural circumstances beyond anyone's control."

"We have reason to care about the freedoms of others, not just our own."

"The expansion of human capability is both an end in itself and means to further ends."

"Justice requires attending to the actual lives people are able to lead."

"Reason is universal, but it must be exercised in culturally and historically specific contexts."

"Economic growth that does not expand human capability is a hollow achievement."

"The denial of voice - the opportunity to speak and be heard - is a distinct form of injustice."

"We must look beyond intentions to actual outcomes in assessing social policies."

"Human flourishing requires a combination of individual capability and social support."

"The freedom to choose our conception of the good life is what makes us human."

"Dialogue across disagreement requires both intellectual humility and moral conviction."

"Development that ignores cultural values will lack legitimacy and sustainability."

"The capability to love and be loved is central to human well-being."

"Injustice often persists because those who benefit from it have no incentive to question it."

"We are beings who can reflect on our own nature and purposes."