Every Society Quotes
45 quotes by 36 authors
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Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
— Kofi Annan
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During the first seven years, every society tries to condition the mind - and conditioning means nothing but hypnosis: forcing authority, law, tradition, religion, scripture,…
— Rajneesh
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Meditation means a state of unconditioned mind. Meditation is the process of undoing the harm that every society goes on doing to every individual -…
— Rajneesh
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Every society has a right to fix the fundamental principles of its association, and to say to all individuals, that if they contemplate pursuits beyond…
— Thomas Jefferson
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We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath…
— Carl Bernstein
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In every society, the definition of marriage has not ever to my knowledge included homosexuality. That's not to pick on homosexuality. It's not, you know,…
— Rick Santorum
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From the nature of things, every society must at all times possess within itself the sovereign powers of legislation.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Gay people are born into, and belong to, every society in the world. They are all ages, all races, all faiths. They are doctors and…
— Hillary Clinton
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The selection process has been powerful enough to produce one indisputable outcome: the family is a universal human institution. . . . In virtually every…
— James Q. Wilson
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Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.
— Huston Smith
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How precious is the family as the privileged place for transmitting the faith! Speaking about family life, I would like to say one thing: today,…
— Pope Francis
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Every society needs educated people, but the primary responsibility of educated people is to bring wisdom back into the community and make it available to…
— Vine Deloria, Jr.
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By enlivening this most basic level of life, Transcendental Meditation is that one simple procedure which can raise the life of every individual and every…
— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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It is essential to rear a generation at the very top of society that has all the qualities needed to lead and give the people…
— Lee Kuan Yew
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But alas, the most terrifying aspect of the whole fascist episode is the dark fact that most of its poisons are generated not by evil…
— John T. Flynn
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The symbolism - and the substantive significance - of planting a tree has universal power in every culture and every society on Earth, and it…
— Al Gore
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Creativity requires the freedom to consider 'unthinkable' alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices. Every organization, every society is under the spell of assumptions…
— John W. Gardner
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Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of nature.…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Every society must be intentional about educating its leaders.
— Patrick Awuah, Jr.
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In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as…
— George J. Mitchell
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