952 private quotes tagged society

“I'm afraid for all those who'll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!” — Henrik Ibsen

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“An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.” — George Soros

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“The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.” — Joe Biden

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“We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.” — Joe Biden

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“I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.” — Naguib Mahfouz

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“The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.” — Jean de la Bruyere

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“Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.” — Mary Baker Eddy

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“The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.” — Henrik Ibsen

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“You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.” — Art Buchwald

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“The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.” — Abbie Hoffman

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“Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.” — Robert Carlyle

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“What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.” — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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“Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.” — Alfred Austin

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“In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes.” — Al Roker

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“Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units.” — Valerie Solanas

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“It is good for society to have this introspection.” — Jacques Verges

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“Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.” — Candace Bushnell

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“People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that.” — Max Cannon

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“Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.” — Wole Soyinka

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“It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.” — Johnny Rotten

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“The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.” — Noam Chomsky

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“In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.” — Alex Grey

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“A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.” — Iain Duncan Smith

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“But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society.” — Audre Lorde

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“I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.” — Peter Fonda

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