Quotes about Societies

Societies raise their grandest monuments to what their cultures value most highly. As the tallest buildings in a city noted for tall buildings, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were certainly monumental. Votes: 4

Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars! Votes: 4

Societies depend on agreed rules. Votes: 3

Societies don't become less self-indulgent; people do. Votes: 3

Societies in decline have no use for visionaries. Votes: 3

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness. Votes: 3

Societies that empower women are less violent in every way. Votes: 3

Societies advance through innovation every bit as much as economies do. Votes: 3

Societies that do not eat people are fascinated by those that do. Votes: 3

Societies should be judged by how they treat the weakest among them. Votes: 3

Societies have progressed much more during times of peace than during wars. Votes: 3

Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind. Votes: 3

Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve. Votes: 3

Societies need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great. Votes: 3

Societies on this planet are based upon fear, not upon love. The strong dominate the weak. Votes: 3

Societies who do not care for their young people and old people are decadent, decaying societies. Votes: 3

Societies only have waste products while acquiring fresh raw material remains a cheaper option than recycling. Votes: 3

Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims. Votes: 3

Societies are healthiest when their radius of trust is broad and when people feel they can influence their own fate. Votes: 3

The Native American cultures on this continent, most of them, were matrilineal, and some women were the chiefs. Societies were about balance. Votes: 3

Societies create their own history and tend to wipe out lowly beginnings, either by forgetting them or inventing totally fictitious heroic rescues. Votes: 3

Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication. Votes: 3

Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella and fortress. Votes: 3

Societies that eat unrefined foods produce large stools and build small hospitals; societies that eat fiber-depleted foods produce small stools and build large hospitals. Votes: 3

People do not consciously and rationally choose the form of their society. Societies develop through processes of social evolution that are not under rational human control. Votes: 3

Cultures are made of continuities and changes, and the identity of a society can survive through these changes. Societies without change aren't authentic; they're just dead Votes: 3

Enlightenment is not about being political. It is not a social club. Ashrams often turn into that, I know. Societies of enlightenment often just become cliques. Votes: 3

Societies are composed of individuals and are good only insofar as they help individuals to realize their potentialities and to lead a happy and creative life. Votes: 3

Societies have a peculiar way of relating, or more accurately non-relating, to rape maybe because it is so vicious, they choose to live in denial about it. Votes: 3

... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or another, determine the direction of the whole. Votes: 3

It is perfectly possible that a grandfather can have a more scientific mind than his grandchildren! Societies do not always go forward! Sometimes old generations are much luckier! Votes: 3

Societies held together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time, but they are built upon fault lines that will eventually tear asunder. Votes: 3

Societies need self sacrificing ignorant crowd;Religions need fearful followers;Systems need obedient slaves;Corporate world needs compulsive consumers,andI NEED THE COURAGE TO RISE ABOVE THESE FOUR PARASITES. Votes: 3

Societies as well as people become afraid of change as they grow older. It's human nature. The young have adventures while the old sit at home and nurture their memories. Votes: 3

Societies where there are worthy men and women of God, not necessarily preachers or religious men, but men that know the ways of God, they stand up against the collapse of equity in their land Votes: 3

Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction. Votes: 2

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality. Votes: 2

Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable. Votes: 2

Many societies have educated their male children on the simple device of teaching them not to be women. Votes: 2

Schools connect children to their communities. Jobs connect adults to their societies. Persons with autism deserve to walk the same path. Votes: 2

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. Votes: 2

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. Votes: 2

You can't ignore the reality that faith and family, those two things are integral parts of having limited government, lower taxes, and free societies. Votes: 2

To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members. Votes: 2

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. Votes: 2

I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together. Votes: 2

Building a solid foundation in the early years of a child's life will not only help him or her reach their reach their full potential but will also result in better societies as a whole. Votes: 2

We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. Votes: 2

Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet. Votes: 2

China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my slightest, most innocuous move can - and often is - censored by Chinese authorities. Votes: 2

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century. Votes: 2

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation. Votes: 2

I've always had a Marxist understanding of history: democracy is a result of a broad modernization process that happens in every country. Neocons think the use of political power can force the pace of change, but ultimately it depends on societies doing it themselves. Votes: 2

Everybody feels like an outcast because the world is so large and every fingerprint is so vastly different from one another, and yet we have these standards and beliefs, and dogmatic systems of judgment and ranking, in almost all the societies of the world. Votes: 2

In countries with a properly functioning legal system, the mob continues to exist, but it is rarely called upon to mete out capital punishment. The right to take human life belongs to the state. Not so in societies where weak courts and poor law enforcement are combined with intractable structural injustices. Votes: 2

The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments. Votes: 2

I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first. Votes: 2

Feudal societies don't create great cinema; we have great theatre. The egalitarian societies create great cinema. The Americans, the French. Because equality is sort of what the cinema deals with. It deals with stories which don't fall into 'Everybody in their place and who's who,' and all that. But the theatre's full of that. Votes: 2

What do women do when they get together? We sit around and talk! Men, not so much. My theory is that this difference is genetic and dates back to the hunter-gatherer societies, when the men had to be quiet as they hunted, lest they scare away the bison and then everyone starved to death and it was all their fault. Votes: 2

All societies are historical. Votes: 0

Evil societies always kill their consciences. Votes: 0

All societies end up wearing masks. Votes: 0

A societies needs determines their ethics Votes: 0

Most societies die of suicide, not attack. Votes: 0

Hyperbole expands in societies where articulateness atrophies. Votes: 0

Smaller societies must prepare the way for greater. Votes: 0

Primitive societies without religion have never been found. Votes: 0

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes. Votes: 0

Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives. Votes: 0

History is the story of warfare between secret societies. Votes: 0

There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria. Votes: 0

There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria. Votes: 0

Pre-state societies were far more violent than our own. Votes: 0

In societies of low civilization, there is no money. Votes: 0

People have been looking for love potions since hunter-gatherer societies. Votes: 0

Displaced societies are of value. Their issues are our issues. Votes: 0

Now terrorism is not the greatest threat facing our societies. Votes: 0

Muslim societies must leave behind these dual aspects: secularism/Islamism. Votes: 0

Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies. Votes: 0

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned. Votes: 0

It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government. Votes: 0

Corporate and political and religious psychopaths ruin economies. They ruin societies. Votes: 0

Every society needs to examine itself in relation to other societies. Votes: 0

Laws and traditions that hold back women, hold back entire societies. Votes: 0

Education enables people and societies to be what they can be. Votes: 0

Industrial societies can only be run successfully by dictators or oligarchs. Votes: 0

Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies. Votes: 0

It is better for Muslims not to settle in non-Muslim societies. Votes: 0

We don't grow up in vacuums. We grow up in societies. Votes: 0

Coroners' inquests by learned societies can't make Shakespeare a dead man. Votes: 0

I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies. Votes: 0

Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity. Votes: 0

Modern societies march towards morality in proportion as they leave religion behind. Votes: 0

Why are we, the most medicalized of societies, a culture in pain? Votes: 0

Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies. Votes: 0

Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected. Votes: 0

Even the most primite societies have an innate resepect for the insane. Votes: 0

Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth. Votes: 0

I think it is better for societies if no one dominates forever. Votes: 0

I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. Votes: 0

Our official histories of our countries and societies are made of forgetfulness, Votes: 0

Love knits families together, friends, lovers, societies, nations and perhaps oneday a world. Votes: 0

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation. Votes: 0

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think. Votes: 0

Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable. Votes: 0

Love knits families together, friends, lovers, societies, nations and perhaps oneday a world. Votes: 0

In aristocratic societies, rich people used to commission exquisite paintings for their walls. Votes: 0

Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white-separate and unequal. Votes: 0

I'm not white. Why should I care about the future of white societies Votes: 0

The morals of societies are defined by how they treat a strange woman. Votes: 0

Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies. Votes: 0

Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies. Votes: 0

Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together. Votes: 0

It was not for societies or states, that Christ died, but for men. Votes: 0

To change societies you need to organize with others who share your views. Votes: 0

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles. Votes: 0

The man who is seeking truth is free of all societies and cultures. Votes: 0

I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West. Votes: 0

I guess I've always been attracted to secret societies and the mystery surrounding them. Votes: 0

Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies? Votes: 0

Groups create supernatural beings not to explain the universe but to order their societies. Votes: 0

Teachers still command great respect in the families and societies of many Asian cultures. Votes: 0

Civilization is a disease produced by the practice of building societies with rotten material. Votes: 0

All patriarchal societies are either preparing for war, at war, or recovering from war. Votes: 0

Girls and women are most victimised in societies where boys and men are disempowered. Votes: 0

It pays to remember that societies get what they deserve, not what they expect. Votes: 0

Many ancient (and contemporary) societies considered the sexually awakened femaleas both auspicious and dangerous. Votes: 0

Certain other societies may respect the rule of force--we respect the rule of law. Votes: 0

I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West. Votes: 0

It's almost two societies, the living and the dead, and you live with them both. Votes: 0

Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual. Votes: 0

Fundamentalist tendencies and movements existed, so far as I know, in all societies and civilizations. Votes: 0

When conflicts end non-violently, it's more likely that the result will be longer-lasting, democratic societies. Votes: 0

The primary role of professional societies is the lobbying of the government for special advantage Votes: 0

The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract. Votes: 0

The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented. Votes: 0

The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies. Votes: 0

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. Votes: 0

No European who has tasted savage life can afterwards bear to live in our societies. Votes: 0

An Israeli woman is not like women in our societies, because she is a soldier. Votes: 0

Certainly there are various trans-Islamic political movements, which try to appeal to Muslims in all societies Votes: 0

Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies... pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means. Votes: 0

Nazi ideologies continue to the present day behind the veil of supposedly free societies and governments. Votes: 0

Organization of khaddar is infinitely better than co-operative societies or any other form of village organization. Votes: 0

Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations. Votes: 0

They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places. Votes: 0

At the core of all successful societies are procedures for blocking the advancement of bad men Votes: 0

I believe all societies, all thriving societies of the future are going to be multicultural societies. Votes: 0

The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. Votes: 0

In all advanced industrial societies, education has become the single most important vehicle of upward mobility. Votes: 0

The vigor of civilized societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth-while. Votes: 0

The societies that work build an infrastructure of care as well as an infrastructure of capitalism. Votes: 0

I contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies. Votes: 0

Abolitionism did not find positive response in Africa as it did in Western societies and cultures. Votes: 0

It is not from top to bottom that societies die; it is from bottom to top. Votes: 0

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. Votes: 0

Human beings tend to regard the conventions of their own societies as natural, often as sacred. Votes: 0

Health is already a dominant sector in most societies and the one most guaranteed to grow. Votes: 0

The question is: Particularly in the post-9/11 era, are societies becoming more liberal or more authoritarian? Votes: 0

Religion is against women's rights and women's freedom. In all societies women are oppressed by all religions. Votes: 0

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service. Votes: 0

Democracy represents the disbelief in all great men and in all elite societies: everybody is everybody's equal. Votes: 0

Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels. Votes: 0

Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent. Votes: 0

In societies no less than individuals, acknowledging our limitations may ultimately be more humane than denying them. Votes: 0

When new technologies impose themselves on societies long habituated to older technologies, anxieties of all kinds result. Votes: 0

Middle-class societies don't emerge automatically as an economy matures, they have to be CREATED through political action. Votes: 0

Inequality causes problems by creating fissures in societies, leaving those at the bottom feeling marginalized or disenfranchised. Votes: 0

Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule. Votes: 0

Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action. Votes: 0

Contemporary societies have lost the sense of the feast but have kept the obscure drive for it. Votes: 0

Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies. Votes: 0

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies. Votes: 0

There is very strong historical data that suggest the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments. Votes: 0

The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. Votes: 0

International Literacy Day is an occasion to celebrate the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies everywhere Votes: 0

Pornography and violence are by-products of societies in which private identity has been ... destroyed by sudden environmental change. Votes: 0

In countries where associations are free, secret societies are unknown. In America there are factions, but no conspiracies. Votes: 0

I believe whether it is the United States or Europe, they will all end up as multicultural societies. Votes: 0

The societies to which I have been exposed seemed to me largely machines for the suppression of women. Votes: 0

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time. Votes: 0

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action... Votes: 0

We strive to form a single national front against the Judeo-Masonic lodges, against Moscow and the Marxist societies. Votes: 0

My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot. Votes: 0

There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments. Votes: 0

Preventing the new generation from changing in any deep way is what most societies require of their educators. Votes: 0

We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop. Votes: 0

I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression. Votes: 0

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change. Votes: 0

It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them. Votes: 0

It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them. Votes: 0

In traditional societies, nature was seen as one's wife, but the modern West turned it into a prostitute. Votes: 0

As societies become more complex in structure and resources, the need of formal or intentional teaching and learning increases. Votes: 0

Anthropologists have found evidence of romantic love in 170 societies. They've never found a society that did not have it. Votes: 0

When discussing complex systems like brains and other societies, it is easy to oversimplify: I call this Occam's lobotomy. Votes: 0

Homosexuality has been around since humanity began and different societies at different times have reacted in a different manner. Votes: 0

People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't. Votes: 0

Those who take oaths to politically powerful secret societies cannot be depended on for loyalty to a democratic republic. Votes: 0

Love is the beauty and the strength of all societies and the great pleasure of our lives on earth. Votes: 0

There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: Revolution by design and invention. Votes: 0

I have no idea if some societies, anthropologically speaking, aren't really suited for democracy. I don't think that's true. Votes: 0

Vigorous societies harbor a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications. Votes: 0

America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long. Votes: 0

Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them. Votes: 0

I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. Votes: 0

Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making. Votes: 0

Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not. Votes: 0

If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world. Votes: 0

Individual societies begin in harmonious adaptation to the environment and, like individuals, quickly get trapped into nonadaptive, artificial, repetitive sequences. Votes: 0

I'm really puzzled by why people in societies find it difficult to work collaboratively together with other people in societies. Votes: 0

As women in industrial societies join the paid workforce, they gain the economic means to depart unhappy marriages more easily. Votes: 0

Science cannot describe individuals, but only types. If human societies cannot be classified, they must remain inaccessible to scientific description. Votes: 0

We're living in an increasingly nationalistic, xenophobic time, and you can see it reflected in societies all over the world. Votes: 0

Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies. Votes: 0

Basic science provides long-term benefits for ourselves and our fragile planet and should be supported by all the world's societies. Votes: 0

People who harbor strong convictions without evidence belong at the margins of our societies, not in our halls of power. Votes: 0

There is a trouble called Twitter, the finest lies are here. Nowadays, social media is actually the headache of societies. Votes: 0

The sale of sex in modern societies is not about spreading genes. Sex has been taken over by the memes. Votes: 0

In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress 'suspects.' Votes: 0

In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved. Votes: 0

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. Votes: 0

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state. Votes: 0

[We should] stop the immigration to our societies - because we have had more than enough Islam in our societies. Votes: 0

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state. Votes: 0

There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies. Votes: 0

The reality is that in much of industrialized societies, we are completely addicted to comfort. We are a society of addicts. Votes: 0

The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet. Votes: 0

The genius of stable societies is that they achieve stability without stagnation, repetition without monotony, conformity with originality, obedience with liberty. Votes: 0

Universities are less constrained by authority and rigid doctrine in the United States than in most other societies, to my knowledge. Votes: 0

I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things. Votes: 0

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it. Votes: 0

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it. Votes: 0

Satan is around y'all. Devil on your shoulder. All these niggas is corn, sworn in secret societies, devils with no horn. Votes: 0

Spotify has paid more than two billion dollars to labels, publishers and collecting societies for distribution to songwriters and recording artists. Votes: 0

Basically, success the way we've defined it is no longer sustainable. It's no longer sustainable for human beings or for societies. Votes: 0

I believe that much of the maladjustment in our societies is caused, not by malevolence and corruption, but simply by ignorance. Votes: 0

People don't know the past, even though we live in literate societies, because they don't trust the sources of the past. Votes: 0

Historians are interested in ideas not only because they influence societies, but because they reveal the societies that give rise to them. Votes: 0

It is absolutely without contradiction that when women are encouraged to participate in the formal economies of their societies, the economy grows. Votes: 0

More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation. Votes: 0

The fixed person for the fixed duties who in older societies was such a godsend, in future will be a public danger. Votes: 0

Punitive murder by the police and by vigilantes has existed in all societies at some point, and probably still exists in most. Votes: 0

All societies, ancient or modern, primitive or sophisticated, have guided themselves by values and goals rooted in the experience of 'deep intuition'. Votes: 0

Marriage is built around complementarity of the sexes, and therefore the institution of marriage is a support for stable families and societies. Votes: 0

Marriage is built around complementarity of the sexes and therefore the institution of marriage is a support for stable families and societies. Votes: 0

Education is the most powerful tool countries have for boosting economic growth, increasing prosperity, and forging more just, peaceful and equitable societies. Votes: 0

Five thousand people in one society might do something, but five thousand societies of one member each would be a holy trouble. Votes: 0

Observe how every truth and every error, each a thought of someone's mind, clothes itself with societies, houses, cities, language, ceremonies, newspapers Votes: 0

While obsessive behavior may be an antisocial plague to societies and communities at large, it's total moxie when lone practitioners catch it. Votes: 0

History is not the accumulation of events of every kind which happened in the past. It is the science of human societies. Votes: 0

There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. Votes: 0

Patriotic societies seem to think that the way to educate school children in a democracy is to stage bigger and better flag-saluting. Votes: 0

Everything here is edible; even I'm edible. But that, dear children, is cannibalism, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies. Votes: 0

The sad truth is that societies that demand whistleblowers be martyrs often find themselves without either, and always when it matters the most. Votes: 0

Besides problems of traditional societies, the Caucasus has to cope with quite a few unsettled territorial conflicts that also nurture authoritarian governmental structures. Votes: 0

Another view is Western companies chartered in societies that believe in this kind of censorship shouldn't be carrying water for societies that do. Votes: 0

In societies where one sees a higher prevalence of 'modern values' - individualism, vitalism and self-expression - there's also higher reported job satisfaction. Votes: 0

The advanced societies of the future will not be governed by reason. They will be driven by irrationality, by competing systems of psychopathology. Votes: 0

Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It's what propels societies forward. Votes: 0

Since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents, they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities. Votes: 0

Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies. Votes: 0

When both women and men contribute to a country's economic life on an equal basis, they help building stronger societies and stronger economies. Votes: 0

In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from. Votes: 0

Understanding the simple fact that morality differs around the world, and even within societies, is the first step toward understanding your righteous mind. Votes: 0

It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies. Votes: 0

Democracy will be transformative. It will help other societies realize the benefits of freedom. Nothing's as big as that, in terms of peace. Votes: 0

Wars produce warlike societies, which in turn make the world more dangerous for other societies, which are thus recruited into being war-prone themselves. Votes: 0

Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called canibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies. Votes: 0

There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none. Votes: 0

America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls. Votes: 0

War does horrible things to human beings, to societies. It brings out the best, but most often the worst, in our human nature. Votes: 0

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. Votes: 0

Economic systems are not value-free columns of numbers based on rules of reason, but ways of expressing what varying societies believe is important. Votes: 0

There's a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves. Votes: 0

You'll find individuals agreeing on this, but when they get into collective societies and larger groups they find it difficult to achieve group agreement. Votes: 0

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized. Votes: 0

Technology advances at exponential rates, and human institutions and societies do not. They adapt at much slower rates. Those gaps get wider and wider. Votes: 0

As it defines itself, every society defines other societies. That definition almost always takes the form of a condemnation: the 'other' is the barbarian. Votes: 0

I think we live in a period of profound transformation. Very similar to when we had a transition from agricultural societies to industrial societies. Votes: 0

When societies are out of harmony, problems develop within the society - collective problems. Their purpose is to push the whole society toward harmony. Votes: 0

Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies. Votes: 0

The great cause which divides our countries is not to be decided by individual animosities. The harmony of private societies cannot weaken national efforts. Votes: 0

If humans were to model the lifestyle displayed by healthy community of cells , our societies and our planet would be more peaceful and vital Votes: 0

Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence...politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic good. Votes: 0

There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism. Votes: 0

The Bible is not for the people; whosoever will be saved must renounce it. It is a forbidden book. Bible societies are satanic contrivances. Votes: 0

Human kind has always been in the shadows of each other since its persistence of social interventional among the large groups of human societies. Votes: 0

We know who is benevolent, by quite other means than the amount of subscriptions to soup-societies. It is only low merits that canbe enumerated. Votes: 0

A 'human right' is, by definition, timeless. It cannot adhere to some societies and not others, at some times and not at other times. Votes: 0

In the waking dreams our societies permit, in our myths, our arts, our songs, we celebrate the nonbelongers, the different ones, the outlaws, the freaks. Votes: 0

I think therapy is a rather misguided notion of capitalist societies whereby the self-indulgent examination of one's life supersedes the actual living of said life. Votes: 0

Time is found in the calibration of the individual to the timing of a collective endeavour, the social grace that less clock-bound societies must practise. Votes: 0

In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny. Votes: 0

Sometimes societies become too stupid to survive. A nation that takes Barack Obama's current rhetorical flourishes seriously is certainly well advanced along that dismal path. Votes: 0

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women. Votes: 0

Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth. Votes: 0

You have countries like India that have tried to help untouchables, with essentially affirmative-action programs, but it hasn't fundamentally changed the structure of their societies. Votes: 0

According to a charming law of nature which is evident even in the most sophisticated societies, we live in complete ignorance of whatever we love. Votes: 0

Sporting achievements bestow a sense of unification on the cultures and societies in which they take place and create an outpouring of nationalism and pride. Votes: 0

The flute is traditionally the property of the male side of matrilineal hunter-gatherer societies and was used as a means of communication and personal expression. Votes: 0

Primate and elephant and even pig societies show considerable evidence of care for others, parent-child bonding, solidarity in the face of danger, and so on. Votes: 0

Sometimes societies die and putrefy long before they are pronounced dead, and sometimes men die of corruption long before they have taken to their deathbeds. Votes: 0

As Spengler observed, all urbanized societies seem to develop a subconscious death wish, making individuals indifferent to the survival of their families and their race. Votes: 0

I think we can expect leaders of Muslim societies to cooperate with each other on many issues just as Western societies cooperate with each other. Votes: 0

We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down. Votes: 0

In many societies the domestic social costs of adjustment to changing patterns of comparative advantage are believed to outweigh the advantages of further trade liberalization. Votes: 0

Sadomasochiasm - which we know very well doesn't exist in societies that don't have child abuse - is regarded some sort of natural sexual expression. Votes: 0

Muslims must learn that if they make belligerent and fanatical claims upon the tolerance of free societies, they will meet the limits of that tolerance. Votes: 0

In modern societies, some members of ethnic minority groups do not want to feel compelled to heed the voices of their communities when participating as citizens. Votes: 0

In societies where coolness and being cool is a top priority, the religious replace the word 'religious' with 'spiritual' to make their faiths seem less extreme. Votes: 0

Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and health care. Votes: 0

Women offer unique contributions to making and keeping peace - and that those contributions lead to better outcomes not just for women, but for entire societies. Votes: 0

One of the problems we're facing is, in my view, that there are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. Votes: 0

There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where vital interests are concerned. Votes: 0

Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expense of realities. Votes: 0

Technical devices or processes which receive intensified investment during cold or hot wars spread through societies contagiously once their monopoly by the state has been undermined. Votes: 0

Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expense of realities. Votes: 0

I think that we live in a highly specialized, technologically advanced society. Highly developed societies tend to have very remote understandings about what underlies our prosperity. Votes: 0

Love should make joy; but our benevolence is unhappy. Our Sunday-schools, and churches, and pauper-societies are yokes to the neck. We pain ourselves to please nobody. Votes: 0

The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased. Votes: 0

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. It's something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure. Votes: 0

Marriage is a core institution of societies throughout the world and throughout history. Its something that has provided permanence and stability for our very social structure. Votes: 0

No piecemeal solution is going to prevent the collapse of whole societies and ecosystems ... a radical re-thinking of our values, priorities and political systems is urgent. Votes: 0

Although my family - parents and sister - all work in the personnel management business, their real passion is performing, amateur operatic societies and so on. Votes: 0

I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns. Votes: 0

Fiction writing, and the reading of it, and book buying, have always been the activities of a tiny minority of people, even in the most-literate societies. Votes: 0

It is the business of future to be dangerous.... The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they occur. Votes: 0

In civilized societies, we spend our lifetimes trying to become what is socially acceptable. We're dark and we're light. We all have both sides to us. Votes: 0

Virtually all of the civil laws in all of the world's societies are based on what humanity, in the earliest days, believed to be God's Law. Votes: 0

The welfare and the future of our societies depend on our capacity to remain mobilized so as to improve the health of every mother and child. Votes: 0

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development. Votes: 0

The terrorists believe that free societies are essentially corrupt and decadent and, with a few hard blows, they can force us to retreat. They are mistaken. Votes: 0

The sobering thought is that individuals and societies are not, in the end, remembered for how they made their money, but for how they spent it. Votes: 0

We are in the twilight of this earth. The societies and civilizations of human beings will not endure much longer because of their abuses of power. Votes: 0

East and West, most societies have come to believe that competition will produce more prosperity for more people than a planned economy. I share that belief. Votes: 0

All societies that have survived have survived based on their ability to prepare their sons to be disposable, in war and at work--and therefore as dads. Votes: 0

There are so many societies, so many churches, so many -isms, that it is almost impossible for an independent man to succeed in a political career. Votes: 0

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum. Votes: 0

Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth. Votes: 0

Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families. Votes: 0

The smallest indivisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs. Votes: 0

The process by which civilization, as an abstract entity distinct from the societies in which it is embodied, dies or is reborn is a very significant one. Votes: 0

Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat. Votes: 0

People need to believe that they can participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives and have a stake in the societies in which they live Votes: 0

The strength of democratic societies relies on their capacity to know how to stand firm against extremism while respecting justice in the means used to fight terrorism. Votes: 0

Free societies...are societies in motion, and with motion comes tension, dissent, friction. Free people strike sparks, and those sparks are the best evidence of freedom's existence. Votes: 0

Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated into corruption, plunder, and tyranny. Votes: 0

Today we have a temporary aberration called "industrial capitalism" which is inadvertently liquidating its two most important sources of capital, the natural world and properly functioning societies. Votes: 0

I believe excellent fantasy reflects us all, and yes, it can use those myths that underpin societies, our subconscious yearnings and longings, and perhaps our barren spirituality. Votes: 0

For African societies, no issue looms larger than employment. Only vibrant entrepreneurship and thriving small businesses can hope to provide the millions of jobs that are needed. Votes: 0

Wars are times of intense technological transformation, because societies invest - sometimes with extensive borrowing - when and where matters of life and death are at stake. Votes: 0

It is quite possible that societies - much like individuals - collectively repress information, concepts, and ideas which would produce high anxiety levels if dealt with consciously. Votes: 0

If every citizen can get rid of indiscipline syndrome, we have immense potential to build more productive, conflict-free, harmonious and peaceful communities, societies, cities, nations and world. Votes: 0

Its likely that a general pattern of behavior among threatened human societies is to become more blindered, rather than more focused on the crisis, as they fall. Votes: 0

Wealth will always find their way out of societies where truth and honesty are not established into the societies where there are principles of honesty and truth. Votes: 0

Baboons take a bit of getting to know but, apparently, once you break the ice, so to speak, they are complex and interesting creatures with elaborate societies. Votes: 0

There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves. Votes: 0

If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and the world. Votes: 0

The development of science is basically a social phenomenon, dependent on hard work and mutual support of many scientists and on the societies in which they live. Votes: 0

Homosexuality is the sexual plague of a monogamous society gone promiscuous. These societies that sow the winds of heterosexual freedom ironically reap the whirlwind of homosexual perversion. Votes: 0

The development of science is basically a social phenomenon, dependent on hard work and mutual support of many scientists and on the societies in which they live. Votes: 0

Those of us lucky enough to have a share of privilege in the more free societies should not be asking this question, but doing something to answer it. Votes: 0

There's only winning and losing, and in our society, as in all societies, there's the person that's doing the winning, or there's the person that's facilitating the winning. Votes: 0

In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer. Votes: 0

I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies. Votes: 0

The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them to become invisible. Votes: 0

Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens enjoy fast driving. Votes: 0

Sharing food has always had a central place in civilized societies; it's no accident that so many of our cultural, religious and patriotic rituals are involved with eating. Votes: 0

Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis for meaningful democracy. Votes: 0

To use the terms that are reserved for official enemies, it is the commissars and apparatchiks, not the dissidents, who are respected and privileged within their own societies. Votes: 0

Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted. Votes: 0

Poverty is not the simple result of bad geography, bad culture, bad history. It's the result of us: of the ways that people choose to organize their societies. Votes: 0

Churches are not the kingdom of God, but are primary and inevitable expressions, outposts, and instrumentalities of presence of the kingdom among us. They are 'societies' of Jesus. Votes: 0

Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one wants to be a mere follower. Votes: 0

History has been conceived--and with high justification in the records--as the human struggle for civilization against barbarism in different ages and places, from the beginning of human societies. Votes: 0

All earlier pluralist societies destroyed themselves because no one took care of the common good. They abounded in communities but could not sustain community, let alone create it. Votes: 0

Wealth will always find a way of escaping from societies without an established system of truth and honesty, into societies that are well established in truth and honesty. Votes: 0

This rising global humanism is, in fact, the rising into consciousness of a tribal god similar to the kind of tribal god that functioned in these pre-Hellenic societies. Votes: 0

If the supply of virtue is insufficient in a free society like America, it is almost nonexistent in Islamic societies because coerced virtues are not virtues at all. Votes: 0

Libraries are public treasuries. They're ways in which well-meaning societies leave the wealth of the past arranged A to Z so that anyone walking past can find it. Votes: 0

There is nothing so big nor so crazy that one out of a million technological societies may not feel itself driven to do, provided it is physically possible. Votes: 0

If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are. Votes: 0

Security was the demand which set in motion labour movements in history; trade unions, friendly societies, consumer cooperatives were all about compensating for the impotence of individual resistance. Votes: 0

Even in societies where words are often strictly controlled, messages diverse never die. Resembling seeds scattered here and there, they find all manner of cracks and crevices to root. Votes: 0

Drugs are available to those who want them. And where are those profits going? Into organized crime, [to criminals] who spend their profits on the destruction of whole societies. Votes: 0

When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and I'm proud of it. Votes: 0

The bulk of the totalitarian-minded in the democratic societies are men and women who are attracted to this destructive way of life for inner emotional reasons unknown to themselves. Votes: 0

Corporations are like countries now, there's a king, there are serfs, there's a court, basically everything but moats. They're feudal societies, and there are good ones and bad ones. Votes: 0

The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet societies. This is happening throughout the world. Votes: 0

Human societies as temporally and spatially far-flung as the Mesopotamians, Mayans, and Easter Islanders likely came to ruin by expanding beyond the capacity of their environments to sustain them. Votes: 0

And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the gross world product is declining as Asian societies in particular develop economically. Votes: 0

Humans build their societies around consumption of fossil water long buried in the earth, and these societies, being based on temporary resources, face the problem of being temporary themselves. Votes: 0

It is one of the perceptual defects of Western government and press to assign Western-style motives to what people do in non-Western societies, as if these are universally relevant. Votes: 0

By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors, we may turn the public mind which way we will. Votes: 0

Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least. Votes: 0

The idea that Bentham and Mill were maximizers is the greatest stretch of all. They were progressivists, committed to improving the societies in which they lived, not utopian maximizers. Votes: 0

In many shamanic societies, people who complain of being disheartened... or depressed would be asked,... When did you stop dancing? ... This is because dancing is a universal healing salve. Votes: 0

moral codes and standards in our societies very rarely apply to all people equally. This is the most damning proof of how immoral such codes and standards really are. Votes: 0

Life was never meant to be difficult, we just make it that way so that it fits into societies and our indoctrinated concept of what things should be like. Votes: 0

Most people do not go to the dentist until they have a toothache; most societies do not reform abuses until the victims begin to make life uncomfortable for others. Votes: 0

Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. Votes: 0

The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take Votes: 0

In pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people like you run around on the loose! Votes: 0

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream. Votes: 0

If a harmonious relationship is established amongst societies and religious beliefs in today's multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural world, then it will surely set a very good example for others. Votes: 0

I suppose I've become less judgmental about individuals leading lives according to false ideas and false consciousness, because sometimes entire societies are prey to false ideologies and national delusions. Votes: 0

I am doubtful that there will be any sort of real coherence of Muslim societies into a single political system run by an elected or non-elected group of leaders. Votes: 0

If you look within the United States, religion seems to make you a better person. Yet atheist societies do very well - better, in many ways, than devout ones. Votes: 0

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better. Votes: 0

Businesses succeed when societies themselves succeed. When countries are affected by violence and the absence of the rule of law, business can and must be a messenger of peace. Votes: 0

Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of corruption are visible at the same time. Votes: 0

Nothing can be more readily disproved than the old saw, "You can't keep a good man down." Most human societies have been beautifully organized to keep good men down. Votes: 0

In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state. Votes: 0

Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface. Votes: 0

You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all. Votes: 0

The original of all great and lasting societies consisted not in the mutual good will men had toward each other, but in the mutual fear they had of each other. Votes: 0

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life Votes: 0

In all institutions from which the cold wind of open criticism is excluded, an innocent corruption begins to grow like a mushroom - for example, in senates and learned societies Votes: 0

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life. Votes: 0

In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation. Votes: 0

I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in. Votes: 0

What is common to our societies is the development into a managed mass society, with big bureaucracy, managing people. The Russians do it by force. We do it by persuasion. Votes: 0

The average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies. Votes: 0

On aging societies, there is no reason why a country that has a lot of old people can't be prosperous if, during their working lives, individuals provide for their retirement. Votes: 0

Submit your work to interested societies for exhibition where the critics in the light of their physical well-being and according to the extent of their knowledge, may appraise them conveniently. Votes: 0

Though women are no longer barred from university laboratories and scientific societies, the idea that they are innately less suited to mathematical science is deeply ingrained in our cultural genes. Votes: 0

As we [with Edward Herman] discuss there [in Manufacturing Consent] and elsewhere, recognition of the importance of "manufacturing consent" has become an ever more central theme in the more free societies. Votes: 0

All societies establish laws that become norms. Those norms create the environment that incubates society. So, when you implement the laws of God in society, they produce a culture of heaven. Votes: 0

Talking to each other instead of talking about each other is not some kind of nicey-nice (ph) idea. It's the difference between societies falling apart and societies getting something wonderful done. Votes: 0

...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of life, which is ultimately run by bacteria, fungi and green plants. Votes: 0

Many people crave security and stability rather than risk-taking, and that doesn't make them any less American. They are the workers rather than the job creators, and all societies need both. Votes: 0

Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work? Votes: 0

Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves. Votes: 0

It's the relationship I have with the world: always trying to escape from reality. I'm a daydreamer; I don't feel in harmony with my epoch or the societies I live in. Votes: 0

Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter what is known as the postmodern age. Votes: 0

If we look at the complexity of the challenges facing western societies today, we see that the problems are not really about outsiders, but have their roots much closer to home. Votes: 0

Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed. Votes: 0

Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed. Votes: 0

As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize we have not only underestimated women, but also men. Votes: 0

The rate of human invention is faster, and the rate of cultural loss is slower, in areas occupied by many competing societies with many individuals and in contact with societies elsewhere. Votes: 0

We're a terribly lonesome society. For all I know, all societies are. You can make a few new friends, that's all. You can't change history. History is happening to us now. Votes: 0

If we want to sum up the theory of evolution by natural selection in two words, which have great relevance for all societies and businesses, we should simply remember: diversity works. Votes: 0

The Internet reflects the societies in which we live, and so the content on the Net and some of the abuses that you see on the Net are reflections of that. Votes: 0

And the mind that has conceived a plan of living must never lose sight of the chaos against which that pattern was conceived. That goes for societies as well as for individuals. Votes: 0

There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income and strive for it. Yet as Western societies have got richer, their people have become no happier. Votes: 0

There is a solitude of space. A solitude of sea. A solitude of death, but these societies shall be compared with that profounder site-that polar privacy. A soul admitted to itself--Finite infinity. Votes: 0

Our democratic societies are in danger. In allowing ourselves to be infiltrated by fear, to be blinded by the passion of identity, we are entertaining the most serious illusions about our freedom. Votes: 0

Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular political philosophy and to persuade voters to accept it. Votes: 0

The problem with monasteries, ashrams, convents is these institutions become extremely political. In other words, they're really small societies, and much of what you hope to avoid in societies you find there. Votes: 0

It is intolerable that around 1 in 5 of the world's adults are illiterate. How can we build equitable information societies or thriving democracies if so many remain without the basic tools of literacy? Votes: 0

Democratic societies can no longer give religious fanatics a free hand to abuse and murder non believers. Such action betrays contempt for the basic human rights which animate any democracy with meaning. Votes: 0

What better preparation for a history which seeks to bring societies to life and to understand that life than to have really lived, commanded men, suffered with them and shared their joys. Votes: 0

It is my belief that there is a greater understanding than ever that women need to be equal participants in our homes, in our societies, in our governments, and in our workplaces. Votes: 0

Journalists were never intended to be the cheerleaders of a society, the conductors of applause, the sycophants. Tragically, that is their assigned role in authoritarian societies, but not here - not yet. Votes: 0

Liberal economists conceive of societies as black boxes connected by exchange rates; as long as exchange rates are correct, what goes on inside the black box is regarded as not very important. Votes: 0

If women can organize missionary societies, temperance societies, and every kind of charitable organization... why not permit them to be ordained to preach the Gospel and administer the sacraments of the Church? Votes: 0

In liberal societies we don't typically require citizens to rearrange their activities, their lives, the way they go about their business, to make it easy for the police to do their work. Votes: 0

There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished. Votes: 0

It is not primarily ideas that have a history; it is societies. And then what often seem opposed ideas can in the end be seen as parts of a single social process. Votes: 0

If commissars in Soviet Russia agreed to subordinate themselves to state power, they could at least plead fear in extenuation. Their counterparts in more free and open societies can plead only cowardice. Votes: 0

Let the Unions become engines for the working people to right their wrongs. Not benefit societies, or burial clubs. Let the Unions become civilian regiments to fight in the cause of the people. Votes: 0

In a lot of Indian societies, spirituality has been lost, I think it's still the best way of looking at the world for Indians - better than any organized religion in this country. Votes: 0

What is peculiar to modern societies is not that they consigned sex to a shadow existence, but that they dedicated themselves to speaking of it ad infinitum, while exploiting it as the secret. Votes: 0

Latin American countries are part of the West and that it is reasonable to expect a certain degree of openness in their societies that we do not demand of, say, China or Vietnam. Votes: 0

Governor Ford is sworn to support the Constitution of the United States and also of this State Illinois, and these constitutions guarantee religious as well as civil liberty to all religious societies whatever. Votes: 0

What should have died along with communism is the belief that modern societies can be run on a single principle, whether that of planning under the general will or that of free-market allocations. Votes: 0

Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to mankind - the ironic part is that it's presented as a good thing, and its effect is absolutely catastrophic to individuals and to societies. Votes: 0

And, indeed, what little of beauty and peace is to be found in the societies of men is owing to the daily performance of small duties, not to big doings and fine talk. Votes: 0

The Program further aims to make the benefits of American culture and technology available to the world and to enrich American life by exposing it to the science and art of many societies. Votes: 0

Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time. Votes: 0

Civilized people can talk about anything. For them no subject is taboo.... In civilized societies there will be no intellectual bogeys at sight of which great grownup babies are expected to hide their eyes. Votes: 0

As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently involve past societies as well as present day ones. Votes: 0

News for the godless: religion is inescapable. there has never been a human society without some form of worship. And don't point to communist societies like the Soviet Union - they worshipped blue jeans. Votes: 0

The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered. Votes: 0

In America, you don't even have proper holidays. It's really one of the most prosperous slave societies in history. People work their asses off all year long and get two weeks off! It's incredible. Votes: 0

Humility is the great preserver of peace and order in all Christian churches and societies, consequently pride is the great disturber of them, and the cause of most dissensions and breaches in the church. Votes: 0

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued." (From a speech read on video on August 31, 1995 before the NGO Forum on Women, Beijing, China) Votes: 0

Some people complain there are too many people on earth, Some people complain about secret societies, Some people accuse others of not being able to wake up early. Almost all people complain about something. Votes: 0

I have looked warily at anthropologists ever since the day when I went to hear a great Greek scholar lecture on the Iliad, and listened for an hour to talk about bull-roarers and leopard-societies. Votes: 0

I think that Jews - because they are a distinct, gifted and successful group that differentiates itself from societies in which it lives - are vulnerable wherever the rule of law is not paramount. Votes: 0

We are one of the most tolerant societies in the world, and in order to stay tolerant, my party believes that we should stop being tolerant to the people who are intolerant to us. Votes: 0

In the West, especially after World War II, the government came to be seen as so successful that it could fulfill all the obligations that in less modern societies are fulfilled by the family. Votes: 0

I think modern societies have to ask a very basic question: What strategies buy the most health for people? Doctors can do so many marvelous things now. They can keep a corpse alive, almost. Votes: 0

Building a world where we meet our own needs without denying future generations a healthy society is not impossible, as some would assert. The question is where societies choose to put their creative efforts Votes: 0

The artist in all societies has traditionally been a kind of barometer, more sensitive to nuances and changes than others, because he is more deeply immersed in his culture and more interested in its meanings. Votes: 0

The average well-being of our societies is not dependent any longer on national income and economic growth. ... But the differences between us and where we are in relation to each other now matter very much. Votes: 0

Countries that have the Internet already are not going to turn it off. And so the power of freedom, the power of ideas will spread, and it will change those societies in very dramatic ways. Votes: 0

The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are met and women are given their rightful role in societies. Votes: 0

[ Alexis de] Tocqueville said it in 1835, and it's as true today as it was then: 'Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. Religion is more needed in democratic societies than in any other.' Votes: 0

There is no doubt that I have discovered the ultimate in stagnant human societies. The Bikura have realized the human dream of immortality and have paid for it with their humanity and their immortal souls. Votes: 0

The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are met and women are given their rightful role in societies Votes: 0

We have to remember that the girls and the women are most isolated and violated and victimized and made invisible in those very societies where our men and our boys feel disempowered, unable to provide. Votes: 0

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term. Votes: 0

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term Votes: 0

The instability in the region is not a result of Israel and the Palestinians. That was never the cause of this instability. Instead, the disfunctionality of many of these societies that have failed to modernize. Votes: 0