Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments. — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
I've always had a Marxist understanding of history: democracy is a result of a broad modernization process that happens in every country.… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups,… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
All democratic societies eventually decide what is in favor of them. — Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Copy Share Image
A 'human right' is, by definition, timeless. It cannot adhere to some societies and not others, at some times and not at… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The strong emergence of pro-feminine values in highly masculine societies signals that traditional masculine structures will continue to be challenged as the… — John Gerzema Copy Share Image
Already were seeing graduates of U.S. higher education going back to their home countries and contributing to societies there, where in the… — David Malpass Copy Share Image
When conflicts end non-violently, it's more likely that the result will be longer-lasting, democratic societies. — Julia Bacha Copy Share Image
Nothing in our evolutionary history specifically prepared us to live in large societies. Almost everything about the way culture works does. — Mark Pagel Copy Share Image
Poverty is not the simple result of bad geography, bad culture, bad history. It's the result of us: of the ways that… — Adam Davidson Copy Share Image
“Life was never meant to be difficult, we just make it that way so that it fits into societies and our indoctrinated… — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
Feudal societies don't create great cinema; we have great theatre. The egalitarian societies create great cinema. The Americans, the French. Because equality… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
What do women do when they get together? We sit around and talk! Men, not so much. My theory is that this… — Jenna McCarthy Copy Share Image
I think the language of sacrifice is particularly important for societies like the United States in which war remains our most determinative… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
We increasingly live in societies based on the vocabulary of 'choice' and a denial of reality - a denial of massive inequality,… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
East and West, most societies have come to believe that competition will produce more prosperity for more people than a planned economy.… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments. — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was… — Shirley Temple Copy Share Image
In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress 'suspects.' — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In countries with a properly functioning legal system, the mob continues to exist, but it is rarely called upon to mete out… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Though women are no longer barred from university laboratories and scientific societies, the idea that they are innately less suited to mathematical… — Margaret Wertheim Copy Share Image
