- Aristocratic
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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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- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing seems at first sight less important than the outward form of human actions, yet there is nothing upon which men set more store: they grow used to everything except to living in a society which has not their own manners.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess music, particularly the blues, is the only form of schizophrenia that has organised itself into being both legal and beneficial to society.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love talking about space, our society, and what the future holds for us as a civilization.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote for 'On Harvard Time,' which was a student TV show trying to be 'The Daily Show.' And I wrote a humor column for 'The Crimson' starting my sophomore year.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stereotyped as convention-going, pocket-protector-wearing, chess-playing, infrequently-showering types, nerds are one of our society's most ridiculed groups. And, for a university with an international reputation as a bastion of intellectualism, Harvard is startlingly devoid of them.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In society at large, nerds are law-abiding, caring, fundamentally good folk who keep the wheels of civilization grinding.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, democratic socialism is about - really, the value for me is that I believe that in a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no person in America should be too poor to live.
- Dignified
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that every American should have stable, dignified housing; health care; education - that the most very basic needs to sustain modern life should be guaranteed in a moral society.
- Carte
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you give me carte blanche for any destruction and any revolutionary transformations, if that is what you want, then for God's sake, we will do it. The issue is not me: the issue is society.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.
- Blocks
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- Nov 07, 2020
Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
As more people live longer, we can expect there to be additional costs for society.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
The over-60s have to be seen less as receivers - of welfare, of help - or targeted consumers, and more as participants, both in our economy and our society.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020