Societies Quotes

629 Societies quotes by 480 unique authors

If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and… — Mahatma Gandhi
People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't. — Plato
Laws and traditions that hold back women, hold back entire societies. — Hillary Clinton
We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is being promoted! In… — Pope Francis
As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently… — Joan D. Vinge
The one thing that I have learned from all these projects is that the key to transformative change is to make the system see itself.… — Otto Scharmer
We usually forget that apart from making a living on this earth, human beings live in societies and these societies have cultures. It is only… — Tunku Abdul Rahman
The societies which have achieved the most spectacular broad-based economic progress in the shortest period of time are not the most tightly controlled, not necessarily… — Ronald Reagan
William Wilberforce...w as a great man who impacted the Western world as few others have done. Blessed with brains, charm, influence and initiative, much wealth… — J I Packer
All societies are evil, sorrowful, inequitable; and so they will always be. So if you really want to help this world, what you will have… — Joseph Campbell
In civilized societies, if you are offended by a cartoon, you do not burn flags, take up guns and raid buildings, chant death to your… — Michelle Malkin
When the finely tuned balance among the different parts of bodies breaks down, the individual creature can die. A cancerous tumor, for example, is born… — Neil Shubin
Why not assume that our humanity, including the self-control needed for livable societies, is built into us? Does anyone truly believe that our ancestors lacked… — Frans de Waal
They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places. — Eddie Redmayne
I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things. — Michael Gambon
Our marvelous new information technologies boost our power and opportunities for political engagement, but they can also disempower us by contributing to extreme political mobilization… — Thomas Homer-Dixon
It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies. — Tony Snow
Societies that eat unrefined foods produce large stools and build small hospitals; societies that eat fiber-depleted foods produce small stools and build large hospitals. — Denis Parsons Burkitt
Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized. — Ulrich Beck
If manufacturers are so sure there is nothing wrong with genetically modified foods, pesticides and cloned meats, they should have no problems labeling them as… — Adam Gollner

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