- Confucianism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Society Quotes
Society examined from the inside, not just observed.
These quotes treat society as something actively shaped by present decisions, from communication policy to who gets admitted into leadership. For lines on how people choose to live day to day, see Live quotes.
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- Change The World
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- Nov 07, 2020
The energy of the Kennedy years was completely compelling... I had a sense of a generous society eager to change the world. Idealism was very contagious. So that's why I went to America. I didn't intend to stay.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
You grow up and recognise that in an educated, secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognise in yourself, and challenge yourself, that if you see racism or homophobia or misogyny in a secular society, as a member of that society, you should challenge it. You owe it to the betterment of society.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Traditionally, people have been adapting novels and short stories forever. Now, they're doing it simultaneously, with an eye towards writing the movie before the novel has even come out or been finished. It's a function of this hyper-accelerated society we live in, where everyone is trying to short circuit the process.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problems in our educational system are indissociable from broader malignant trends in our society, and they can't be solved by lots of testing and by punitive actions against schools that are not performing well.
- Envision
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- Nov 07, 2020
For many, perhaps most, Americans, markets are sacrosanct. Most people in the United States cannot even envision a society that doesn't revolve around an untrammeled market.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The establishment of a society for the encouragement of arts will produce great benefits before they are perverted to mischiefs.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our technologised society is becoming opaque. As technology becomes more ubiquitous and our relationship with digital devices ever more seamless, our technical infrastructure seems to be increasingly intangible.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a young boy in Libya, it was hard to escape the conclusion that the women were the most feeling and most functional part of society.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the centuries, close-knit tribes have played an important part in the cohesion of Libyan society.
- Any
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- Nov 07, 2020