Societies Quotes

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The United Nations has long recognised that the imagination, ideals and energies of young men and women are vital for the continuing development of the… — Kofi Annan
I certainly donâ€™t believe in religion, although I find it fascinating that itâ€™s become so powerful in the world and itâ€™s kind of dictated morals… — Noel Gallagher
I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. — Tom McClintock
"War," says Machiavelli, "ought to be the only study of a prince;" and by a prince he means every sort of state, however constituted. "He… — Edmund Burke
It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or… — Peter L. Berger
All corporatism â€“ even when practised in societies where hard work, enterprise and cooperation are as highly valued as in Korea â€“ encourages inflexibility, discourages… — Margaret Thatcher
The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are… — Gro Harlem Brundtland
Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together. — Rajiv Gandhi
In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that… — Baron de Montesquieu
Western societies from ancient Athens to imperial Rome to the French republic rarely collapsed because of a shortage of resources or because foreign enemies proved… — Victor Davis Hanson
Marriage is built around complementarity of the sexes and therefore the institution of marriage is a support for stable families and societies. — John Sentamu
Societies in which most people depend for most of their goods and services on the personal whim, kindness, or skill of another are called underdeveloped,… — Ivan Illich
Western European societies are unprepared for the massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and maintaining different standards of hygiene. All immigrants bring exotic… — Daniel Pipes
I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificent artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped… — Aime Cesaire
Besides justifying the transfer of wealth to kleptocrats, institutionalized religion brings two other important benefits to centralized societies. First, shared ideology or religion helps solve… — Jared Diamond
All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. — Jared Diamond
Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies... pests of this sort must be destroyed by all means. — Pope Pius IX
Today, our planet demands a more effective, efficient, transparent and representative United Nations; a UN where all societies of the world have greater participation. The… — Enrique Pena Nieto
When the rate of return on capital exceeds the rate of growth of output and income, as it did in the nineteenth century and seems… — Thomas Piketty
The Bible is not for the people; whosoever will be saved must renounce it. It is a forbidden book. Bible societies are satanic contrivances. — Pope Pius IV

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