- Must
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of both demographic characteristics and of consumption.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the single most important question is how to construct a society that is just, safe, peaceful - all those good things - when people finally accept that there is no free will.
- Big Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find that it's not the numbers but the quality of the audience. That's why it got to be such a big thing when I left Microsoft, because I had an interested audience; not huge, but passionate. The passionate ones are the ones who change society.
- Military
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that.
- Relationship
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- Nov 07, 2020
What someone is paid has little or no relationship to what their work is worth to society.
- Capitalist Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
Intellectuals feel they are the most valuable people, the ones with the highest merit, and that society should reward people in accordance with their value and merit. But a capitalist society does not satisfy the principle of distribution 'to each according to his merit or value.'
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we as a society are willing to have a preference for organic food, the farmer can pass on the savings.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been interested in pirates since I was about 8 years old. The idea of people deciding, sometimes at a moment's notice, to throw over the rules and restrictions of society - it was just irresistible.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
So great is society's demand for information that we can no longer say that all the news gathered is worthy of airing. Much of it is not.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020