Our Societies Quotes
36 quotes by 33 authors
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Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics…
— David Attenborough
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All that remains to the mother in modern consumer society is the role of scapegoat; psychoanalysis uses huge amounts of money and time to persuade…
— Germaine Greer
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The United Nations and the Organization of American States have named 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. This is an opportunity…
— Hillary Clinton
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The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies...If the right to life is not defended decisively as a…
— Pope John Paul II
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The future of life on earth depends on our ability to take action. Many individuals are doing what they can, but real success can only…
— David Attenborough
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An Israeli woman is not like women in our societies, because she is a soldier.
— Yusuf al-Qaradawi
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We are called to reach out to those who find themselves in the existential peripheries of our societies and to show particular solidarity with the…
— Pope Francis
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But how do European railways manage without them? How do they continue to convey millions of travellers and mountains of luggage across a continent? If…
— Peter Kropotkin
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Armed with all the powers, enjoying all the wealth they owe to science, our societies are still trying to practice and to teach systems of…
— Jacques Monod
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Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together.
— Rajiv Gandhi
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The welfare and the future of our societies depend on our capacity to remain mobilized so as to improve the health of every mother and…
— Jean Ping
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Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.
— George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
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In the waking dreams our societies permit, in our myths, our arts, our songs, we celebrate the nonbelongers, the different ones, the outlaws, the freaks.
— Salman Rushdie
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The average well-being of our societies is not dependent any longer on national income and economic growth. ... But the differences between us and where…
— Richard G. Wilkinson
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Modern societies accepted the treasures and the power offered them by science. But they have not accepted - they have scarcely even heard - its…
— Jacques Monod
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It is my belief that there is a greater understanding than ever that women need to be equal participants in our homes, in our societies,…
— Emma Watson
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The one thing that I have learned from all these projects is that the key to transformative change is to make the system see itself.…
— Otto Scharmer
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Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual.
— Jean Piaget
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The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I believe that much of the maladjustment in our societies is caused, not by malevolence and corruption, but simply by ignorance.
— Gilbert Highet
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