“As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Category: society
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The individual is not accountable to society
“The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.”
— John Stuart Mill
Author: John Stuart Mill
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Even if society dictates that men and
“Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.”
— Augustus Y. Napier
Author: Augustus Y. Napier
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The enemy of society is middle class
“The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.”
— Orson Welles
Author: Orson Welles
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The fundamental defect of fathers, in our
“The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.”
— Bertrand Russell
Author: Bertrand Russell
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I was very restless. I really wanted
“I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee who were KGB, what you have to do, where in the West you can go or not to go.”
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
Author: Mikhail Baryshnikov
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As a remedy to life in society
“As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.”
— Albert Camus
Author: Albert Camus
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At its most basic the democratic contract
“At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.”
— Lucy Powell
Author: Lucy Powell
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Society is not a disease, it is
“Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.”
— Emile M. Cioran
Author: Emile M. Cioran
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Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at
“Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The primary victims of Katrina, those who
“The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society.”
— Jonathan Kozol
Author: Jonathan Kozol
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