Poverty Is The Deprivation Of Opportunity.

I Think One Big Thing About The United States Is That The American Population, They May Be Excited About Iraq Or One Thing Or Another, But Basically Has Had A Great Deal Of Interest In Humanitarian Causes Both Within The Country And Abroad. Even When They Criticize The Mechanism To Which It Flows.

I Really Do Believe That Education, Despite This Massive Potential In Transforming Human Lives, Has Not Received The Kind Of Attention That People Should Have Given To It.

I Think Education Has A Bigger Impact On The Lives Of People Than Absolutely Anything Else.

Even In Areas Like The Most Depressed Region Of India In Terms Of Female Education, Namely Rajasthan, Which Has [one Of] The Lowest Female Literacy [rates] In India. Even There, 80 To 90 Percent Of The Parents Would Like Their Girls To Go To School. And Indeed, About 80 Percent Would Like Them To Be Made Compulsory.

Globalization Is A Complex Issue, Partly Because Economic Globalization Is Only One Part Of It. Globalization Is Greater Global Closeness, And That Is Cultural, Social, Political, As Well As Economic.