952 private quotes tagged society

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

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

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

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

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

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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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“Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has.” — Randolph Bourne

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“What is a society without a heroic dimension?” — Jean Baudrillard

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“I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.” — George McGovern

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

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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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“While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.” — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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