We must study the world as it is while working toward the wo... - Gunnar Myrdal

"We must study the world as it is while working toward the world as it should be."

Gunnar Myrdal Inspiration

Economist Sociologist Swedish 1898–1987

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"The basis of all human cooperation is the willingness to see the other person as fundamentally like oneself."

"An inequality of capacities does not justify an inequality of freedom."

"Social problems are moral problems."

"The American Dilemma is the ever-raging conflict between the American ideals and American practices."

"The best part of living is knowing you survived."

"The world needs heroes."

"Life is too short to live poorly."

"I'd rather be an optimist and be wrong than a pessimist and be right"