“The territorial state is such an ancient form of society – here in Europe it dates back thousands of years – that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland.”
— Christian Lous Lange
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“Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.”
— Walter Gropius
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“Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.”
— Victor Hugo
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“But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential.”
— Tony Blair
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“Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.”
— Herbert Spencer
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“I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people – segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically.”
— Jeb Bush
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“Religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age. The idea that society can do without it flies in the face of history and, now, evolutionary biology.”
— Jonathan Sacks
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“In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff.”
— Ethan Hawke
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“And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people – not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base – is through education.”
— Rainn Wilson
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“Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.”
— Bianca Jagger
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“No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.”
— Eugene Ionesco
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