Social Forces Quotes

15 quotes by 14 authors

• The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force. — Max Eastman
• To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt… — John Stuart Mill
• History shows that great economic and social forces flow like a tide over communities only half conscious of that which is befalling them. Wise statesmen… — John Stuart Mill
• To be located in society means to be at the intersection point of specific social forces. Commonly one ignores these forces one also knows that… — Peter L. Berger
• There is no one force, no group, and no class that is the preserver of liberty. Liberty is preserved by those who are against the… — James Burnham
• The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who are able to tolerate ambiguity… — Robert J. Havighurst
• Now, the vicissitudes that afflict the individual have their source in society. It is this situation that has given currency to the phrase social forces.… — Aneurin Bevan
• Artists... disappeared long ago as social forces. So did the church. — Henry Adams
• With a novelist's sense of drama and a historian's understanding of the social forces that shape our lives, Tom Gjelten has captured vividly -- through… — Ronald Steel
• Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values. — Christopher Lasch
• The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face… — Georg Simmel
• The State which would provide everything, absorbing everything into itself, would ultimately become a mere bureaucracy incapable of guaranteeing the very thing which the suffering… — Pope Benedict XVI
• They hate because they fear, and they fear because they feel that the deepest feelings of their lives are being assaulted and outraged. And they… — Richard Wright
• The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership - not natural or social… — George Roche III
• War means an ugly mob-madness, crucifying the truth tellers, choking the artists, sidetracking reforms, revolutions, and the working of social forces — John Reed

Who Wrote These Social Forces Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 15 Social Forces Quotes as follows:

• 2 Social Forces Quotes by John Stuart Mill
• 1 Social Forces Quote by Max Eastman
• 1 Social Forces Quote by Peter L. Berger
• 1 Social Forces Quote by James Burnham
• 1 Social Forces Quote by Robert J. Havighurst
• 1 Social Forces Quote by Aneurin Bevan
• 1 Social Forces Quote by Henry Adams
• 1 Social Forces Quote by Ronald Steel
• 1 Social Forces Quote by Christopher Lasch
• 1 Social Forces Quote by Georg Simmel
• 1 Social Forces Quote by Pope Benedict XVI
• 1 Social Forces Quote by Richard Wright
• 1 Social Forces Quote by George Roche III
• 1 Social Forces Quote by John Reed