- Democratic Society
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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
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
- Differences
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Barack Obama was elected, it immediately brought out all the differences in society.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been in dialogue with my family about what can actually be done. We've come up with this philosophy that in a truly multicultural society, the only way to have liberty and justice for everybody is to have multiple parties. And by multiple parties, I mean 50 parties, not one or two.
- Musicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.
- Capitalist Society
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- Nov 07, 2020
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the Soviet Union and when the Iron Curtain fell down in 1991. I was just 20 years old, and everybody had a dream to live in a modern democratic society, in a modern country. More than 15 years passed, and nothing changed. There's a saying I like very much: if you want a thing done well, do it by yourself.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
As society becomes more and more complex, cheating will in many ways become progressively easier and easier to do and harder to police or even understand.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government has a responsibility to protect society, to help maintain society. That's why we have laws... The rule of law creates a set of standards for our behavior.
- Exciting Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think this is the most exciting time to be alive right now. We have a black president. There are transgender movies and media out there now. Gay characters are playing non-stereotypical versions of themselves. I feel like as a society, or in television at least, we're rising up. Even in society we're rising up.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football spectators appreciate a bit of loyalty, and we're seeing that less and less. There are echelons of football, as in society, where some players are clearly mercenaries. I regret in a way that somehow the local identification, the local bonding between the community and its football team has been commercialised to such an extent.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020