Nations that ignore their poor do so not out of inability bu... - Gunnar Myrdal

"Nations that ignore their poor do so not out of inability but out of unwillingness."

Gunnar Myrdal Leadership

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."

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"Integrity is everything."

"One must take responsibility for one's environment."

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