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224 Social Change quotes by 168 unique authors

Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical… — George Papandreou
Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change. — John Podhoretz
If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not… — Salman Rushdie
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. — Bertrand Russell
For all the social changes in China can be traced to their early beginnings in the days when the new tools or vehicles of commerce… — Hu Shih
I think there's a gigantic generation gap in terms of how people understand the Internet and how much they think technology is an important factor… — Alex Steffen
The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. — Gloria Steinem
In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different… — Cal Thomas
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars… — Harriet Tubman
One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels… — Cesar Chavez
Without community, there is no liberation. — Audre Lorde
No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution - Revolution is but thought carried into action. Every effort for progress, for… — Emma Goldman
..."Fun?" you ask. "Weren't feminists these grim-faced, humorless, antifamily, karate-chopping ninjas who were bitter because they couldn't get a man?" Well, in fact the problem… — Susan J. Douglas
The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run… — Alvin Toffler
True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay… — Henry James
Intimacy, says the phenomenologist Gaston Bachelard, is the highest value. I resist this statement at first. What about artistic achievement, or moral courage, or heroism,… — Mark Doty
Changes are products of intensive efforts. — Muhammad Yunus
When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem and finding the… — Muhammad Yunus
But it is much later in the game now, and ignorance of the score is inexcusable. To be unaware that a technology comes equipped with… — Neil Postman
There must exist a paradigm, a practical model for social change that includes an understanding of ways to transform consciousness that are linked to efforts… — Bell Hooks
Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals. — Margaret Mead
Fame is fun, money is useful, celebrity can be exciting, but finally life is about optimal well-being and how we achieve that in dominator culture,… — Bell Hooks
We need to make fun of and ridicule the media images that seek to keep us down, divide us against each other by age, class,… — Susan J. Douglas
The surgeons' market is imaginary, since there is nothing wrong with women's faces or bodies that social change won't cure; so the surgeons depend for… — Naomi Wolf

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