952 private quotes tagged society

“When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.” — John Boyd Orr

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“I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen.” — Lionel Blue

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“Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.” — John Adams

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“The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.” — Daisaku Ikeda

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“Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it.” — Kenneth L. Pike

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“In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.” — Ernst Fischer

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“The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.” — W. H. Auden

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“The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.” — Alexis de Tocqueville

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“Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.” — Harry Browne

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“What the Founding Fathers created in the Constitution is the most magnificent government on the face of the Earth, and the reason is this: because it was intended to preserve the American society and the American spirit, not to transform it or destroy it.” — Mark Levin

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“But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives.” — Jeb Bush

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“In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs.” — Christopher Lasch

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“I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.” — William Hague

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“I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.” — Lyndon B. Johnson

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“Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.” — B. R. Ambedkar

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“All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.” — Alice Walker

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“A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.” — B. R. Ambedkar

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“We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.” — Billy Graham

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“It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.” — William Hague

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“Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.” — Princess Diana

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“Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.” — Dennis Prager

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“Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.” — Henry St. John

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“It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.” — Thor Heyerdahl

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“Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.” — Jack Kingston

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“It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars of government and philanthropy. We need the entire private sector to begin committing itself not just to making profits, but to fulfilling higher and larger purposes by contributing to building a better world.” — Simon Mainwaring

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