192 Quotes by Nicholas D. Kristof

That has been the pattern again and again: With the best of intentions, pro-life conservatives have taken some positions in reproductive health that actually hurt those whom they are trying to help – and that result in more abortions.

Random violence is incredibly infectious.

To be born poor in America today is to have a much smaller chance statistically of entering the middle class than was true a generation ago.

Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition.

The greatest threat to extremism isn’t drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

People get away with enslaving village girls for the same reason that people got away with enslaving blacks two hundred years ago: The victims are perceived as discounted humans. India had delegated an intelligence officer to look for pirated goods because it knew that the United States cares about intellectual property. When India feels that the West cares as much about slavery as it does about pirated DVDs, it will dispatch people to the borders.

Teaching in a village school in Nepal was a freaking piece of cake compared to teaching in my native land.

You don’t need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.

Once you’ve created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role.