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Society Quotes by Nelson Mandela
- One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.
- People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if…
- We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we…
- There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy requires determined action…
- A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.
- It can be said that there are four basic and primary things that the mass of people in a society wish for: to live in…
- Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation.
- The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
- Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud..
- From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in any society.
- As long as outmoded ways of thinking prevent women from making a meaningful contribution to society, progress will be slow. As long as the nation…
- There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.
- No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent
- A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support…
- I have always admired men and women who used their talents to serve the community, and who were highly respected and admired for their efforts…
- The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That it is invariably…
- We can neither heal nor build if, on the one hand the rich in our society see the poor as hordes of irritants or if…
- We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to…
- There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
- I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.
- I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.
- During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against…
- As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not…
- No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate,…
- For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society
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- The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been… — J. J. Abrams
- Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants… — Karen Armstrong
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand. — Neil Armstrong
- At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics met at… — Rudolf Arnheim
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
- When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society… — Isaac Asimov
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi