Societies Quotes

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A combination of very rapid population growth over the last 50 years and reckless economic growth during the same time has stored up massive problems… — Jonathon Porritt
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet. — Fidel Castro
Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies. — John J. Sweeney
The problems we have now in communities and societies are going to be resolved only when we are brought together by a common sense that… — Werner Erhard
Human societies as temporally and spatially far-flung as the Mesopotamians, Mayans, and Easter Islanders likely came to ruin by expanding beyond the capacity of their… — William E. Rees
In the lives of individuals and societies, language is a factor of greater importance than any other. For the study of language to remain solely… — Ferdinand de Saussure
In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted… — Charles Caleb Colton
In societies that worship money and success, the losers become objects of scorn. Those who work the hardest for the least are called lazy. Those… — Michael Parenti
Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural law . .… — Joseph Story
But I say to you, my friends, there are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud to be maladjusted… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due… — Northrop Frye
Islam makes very large claims for itself. In its art, there is a prejudice against representing the human form at all. The prohibition on picturing… — Christopher Hitchens
These are all cases of proved or presumptive baloney. A deception arises, sometimes innocently but collaboratively, sometimes with cynical premeditation. Usually the victim is caught… — Carl Sagan
America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long. — Ron Paul
The link between literacy and revolutions is a well-known historical phenomenon. The three great revolutions of modern European history -- the English, the French and… — Orlando Figes
Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Am I embarrassed to speak for a less than perfect democracy? Not one bit. Find me a better one. Do I suppose there are societies… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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
Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution. Poignant longings for beauty, for an end to probing… — Susan Sontag
Decades from now, people will look back and wonder how societies could have acquiesced in a sex slave trade in the twenty-first century that is...… — Sheryl WuDunn

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