Best Our Society Quotations
719 Our Society quotes by 579 unique authors
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When the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to us is to…
— Arthur Curley
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Because the union of a man and woman deserves an honored place in our society, I support the protection of marriage against activist judges. And…
— George W. Bush
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We have to shift our emphasis from economic efficiency and materialism towards a sustainable quality of life and to healing of our society, of our…
— Janet Holmes a Court
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As human beings we have unlimited potential and imagination. The worst thing you can do is be a conformist and buy into conformity. It's the…
— Deepak Chopra
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Motherhood is given the brush-off in our society. 'Oh, I'm just a mom,' you hear women say. 'Just' a mom? Please! Being a mom is…
— Sally Field
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An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear,…
— Mary Kay Ash
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Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others…
— Hilaire Belloc
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Growth is the mantra of our society because the economy can't remain healthy without growth.Impregnable monopolies aside (and these are few), profits are both the…
— Robert Heilbroner
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O Jesus, come back into our society, our family life, our souls and reign there as our peaceful Sovereign. Enlighten with the splendor of faith…
— Pope John XXIII
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Environmental policies are driven by a kind of emotional spiritualism that threatens the very foundation of our society. There is increasing evidence of a government-sponsored…
— Unknown Author
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How do commercial interests usually protect themselves from liability claims? Through insurance. In fact, in our society, the litmus test for safety is insurance. You…
— David Suzuki
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The real bias of the media is not to the left or to the right, but to the thin strata of economic elites at the…
— Jim Hightower
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The present Hindu society is organised only for spiritual men, and hopelessly crushes out everybody else. Why? Where shall they go who want to enjoy…
— Swami Vivekananda
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The cartoonists treated Islam the same way they treat Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions. And by treating Muslims in Denmark as equals they made…
— Flemming Rose
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It is my view that our society can be no more stable than the foundation of individual family units upon which it rests. Our government,…
— James Dobson
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We try to give a birthing woman freedom to find the right position for her own needs and comfort. Unfortunately, in our society we think…
— Michel Odent
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If our free society is to endure, those who govern must recognize human dignity and accept the enforcement of constitutional limitations on their power conceived…
— William J. Brennan
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We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens.
— Bill T. Jones
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Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants…
— John C. Maxwell
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People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if…
— Nelson Mandela
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Some of the politicians in this country, in their feverish search for group acceptance, are ready to endorse tumultuous confrontation as a substitute for debate,…
— Spiro T. Agnew
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What we lack is a basic willingness to see literature as providing some kind of necessary foundation. Our society still expects schools to prepare their…
— Gwee Li Sui
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I feel like a sickness and dystrophy is growing in people, like people are getting sicker, something about our society, something about our psychological structures.…
— Ezra Miller
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You can choose who you want to be the hero [in Hard Candy], but youll be second-guessing yourself -- theres just no right answer. Our…
— Ellen Page
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Acting is easy and fun. You earn a lot of money, and you bang out with girls. The profession is given tremendous significance within our…
— James Spader
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