“The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.”
— Constance Baker Motley
Author: Constance Baker Motley
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The question of the family now divides
“The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.”
— Christopher Lasch
Author: Christopher Lasch
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The right combination is between a free
“The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity.”
— Benjamin Netanyahu
Author: Benjamin Netanyahu
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A great man is different from an
“A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.”
— B. R. Ambedkar
Author: B. R. Ambedkar
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The self is an oral society in
“The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin.”
— David Antin
Author: David Antin
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The British are supposed to be particularly
“The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals, a prejudice closely bound up with their dislike of foreigners. Indeed, one important source of this Anglo-Saxon distaste for highbrows and eggheads was the French revolution, which was seen as an attempt to reconstruct society on the basis of abstract rational principles.”
— Terry Eagleton
Author: Terry Eagleton
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The rights of democracy are not reserved
“The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.”
— Olof Palme
Author: Olof Palme
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Anarchists are socialists because they want the
“Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society can only result from the establishment of a commonwealth of property.”
— Johann Most
Author: Johann Most
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The assumption is that the right kind
“The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason.”
— Herbert Read
Author: Herbert Read
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Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out
“Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.”
— Bill Vaughan
Author: Bill Vaughan
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A goose flies by a chart which
“A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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