“Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.”
— John W. Gardner
Author: John W. Gardner
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“Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.”
— John W. Gardner
Author: John W. Gardner
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“There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.”
— Catherine Deneuve
Author: Catherine Deneuve
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“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.”
— Pearl S. Buck
Author: Pearl S. Buck
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“We have a society in which one of the greatest things you can do is a platform to see victim status, and one of the qualifications for that is that you have these exquisitely tender feelings about things and sensibilities which are easily offended.”
— Brit Hume
Author: Brit Hume
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“The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.”
— Thomas Paine
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“The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom – these are the pillars of society.”
— Henrik Ibsen
Author: Henrik Ibsen
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“My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak.”
— John le Carre
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“One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society… shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“When I was working, and when I was making substantial amounts of money, I always filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped, when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family.”
— Lauryn Hill
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“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”
— James A. Baldwin
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“We are all murderers and prostitutes – no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.”
— R. D. Laing
Author: R. D. Laing
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