Sen, Amartya

"Reasoning about values is not less important than calculating interests."

"The freedom to dissent is essential to human dignity."

"Inequality often operates through limiting people's awareness of alternatives."

"We can critique practices from within traditions while respecting their significance."

"Unfreedom takes many forms beyond economic deprivation."

"Public policy should aim to expand the range of genuine choices available to all."

"The capacity to engage in collective reasoning is distinctively human."

"Development without freedom is not development at all."

"Inequality in voice and representation perpetuates other inequalities."

"We should value both what people achieve and their freedom to achieve it."

"Health disparities reflect failures of justice, not natural variation."

"Economic well-being is inseparable from social well-being."

"The right to participate in cultural life is a dimension of human dignity."

"Vulnerability to destitution is a form of unfreedom even if not currently realized."

"Markets are valuable instruments, but they do not exhaust human relationships."

"The capability to live with others without discrimination is universally important."

"Education expands not just earning potential but the scope of human imagination."

"Justice requires addressing the structural conditions that limit people's choices."

"We are beings capable of valuing things beyond our immediate self-interest."

"The freedom to live in safety and security is foundational to all other freedoms."

"Inequality becomes invisible when we fail to look beyond average figures."

"Human agency is not diminished by recognizing our interdependence."

"The loss of social participation due to low income is a real deprivation."

"Reasoning together about justice is itself a valuable human capacity."

"Discrimination undermines both dignity and capability development."

"We must attend to the diversity of human values and what people care about."

"Freedom includes the capacity to influence decisions that affect one's life."

"Development requires not just removing barriers but building genuine capabilities."

"The ability to exercise voice and agency is central to human well-being."

"Justice in one context cannot be built on injustice in another."