- 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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- Encouragement
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- Nov 07, 2020
The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.
- Road
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- Nov 07, 2020
All that is needed to set us definitely on the road to a Fascist society is war. It will of course be a modified form of Fascism at first.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
- Innovation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fruits of science and innovation have nourished our society and economy for years, but nations unable to navigate our regulatory system are often excluded, as are vulnerable individuals.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sports occupies a central place in our society, and, as such, it is unavoidably cultural in nature and often engaged in societal issues.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In many cases, jobs that used to be done by people are going to be able to be done through automation. I don't have an answer to that. That's one of the more perplexing problems of society.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Would we be a better society if we made marriage simply a private contract between two individuals, with no wider implications of kinship and family? I do not believe that we would.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no better gift a society can give children than the opportunity to grow up safe and free - the chance to pursue whatever dreams they may have.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society. Those failures - joined with the similar failures of others - can readily have a substantial effect on interstate commerce.
- Intellectual
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- Nov 07, 2020
Japan is a well-educated, technological society. It is a free society, protects intellectual property.
- Creative Ways
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- Nov 07, 2020
As society changes, laws have to change to protect citizens along the way. Sometimes you have to try new and different and creative ways to solve problems. You have to take some risks.
- Friendship
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've met very lonely people who have 10,000 friends on Facebook. And it's just not real. We've set up this artificial society in cyberspace. And that's supposed to be a community, like a real community. It's supposed to be where people go to get solace or friendship or have fun.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020