Societies Quotes

629 Societies quotes by 480 unique authors

For those who stubbornly seek freedom, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These… — Noam Chomsky
The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral… — Margaret Thatcher
It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used. The fact that they exist at all, their… — Arundhati Roy
Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity. — Deborah Meier
It is the business of future to be dangerous.... The major advances in civilization are processes that all but wreck the societies in which they… — Alfred North Whitehead
History is not the accumulation of events of every kind which happened in the past. It is the science of human societies. — Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of… — George W. Bush
We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop. — George W. Bush
The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modeled, by… — David Hume
People often of masterful intelligence, trained usually in law or economics or perhaps in political science, who have led their governments into disastrous decisions and… — Michael Howard
In proportion to the love existing among men, so will be the community of property and power. Among true and real friends, all is common;… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence...politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic good. — Bernard Crick
Societies without a reservoir of people who don't follow the rules lack an important mechanism for societal evolution. Vibrant societies need a dishonest minority; if… — Bruce Schneier
If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world. — Kofi Annan
The fixed person for the fixed duties who in older societies was such a godsend, in future will be a public danger. — Alfred North Whitehead
In many shamanic societies, people who complain of being disheartened... or depressed would be asked,... When did you stop dancing? ... This is because dancing… — Gabrielle Roth
Modern equalitarian societies whether democratic or authoritarian in their political forms, always base themselves on the claim that they are making life happier. Happiness thus… — Robert Warshow
Economic development over the past two centuries has taken most of humanity from lives that were brutal, ignorant and short, to personal health and security,… — Ross Garnaut
Like many physical diseases, anti-Semitism is highly infectious, and can become endemic in certain localities and societies. Though a disease of the mind, it is… — Paul Johnson
Though women are no longer barred from university laboratories and scientific societies, the idea that they are innately less suited to mathematical science is deeply… — Margaret Wertheim
I want to know what changed in fully modern humans, compared with Neanderthals, that made a difference. What made it possible for us to build… — Svante Paabo
The strong emergence of pro-feminine values in highly masculine societies signals that traditional masculine structures will continue to be challenged as the Millennial generation grows… — John Gerzema
Countries that have the Internet already are not going to turn it off. And so the power of freedom, the power of ideas will spread,… — Eric Schmidt
Societies can easily talk themselves into conflict and misery. But they can also talk, and act, their way out. — Geoff Mulgan
Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders… — Ivan Krastev

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