System Quotes

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The various Social Security privatization schemes, full and partial, would cost both the 'social' - that is the public, cooperative, societal - element of the… — Ralph Nader
..I think there is less cynicism about human rights than there was. The work we are doing is part of the overall pattern of human… — Martin Ennals
It's a terrible thing to be a worker exploited in the capitalist system. The only worse thing is to be a worker unable to find… — Joan Robinson
We are in a war of a peculiar nature. It is not with an ordinary community, which is hostile or friendly as passion or as… — Edmund Burke
The Irish Free State was one of dozens of new European democracies to emerge from the cauldron of the 1914-1918 war. It was one of… — John Bruton
We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers . — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Order is not sufficient. What is required, is something much more complex. It is order entering upon novelty; so that the massiveness of order does… — Alfred North Whitehead
We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others… — Stephen Covey
To know only one thing well is to have a barbaric mind: civilization implies the graceful relation of all varieties of experience to a central… — Robert Graves
Our whole educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities, is increasingly turning out people who have never heard enough conflicting arguments to develop… — Thomas Sowell
Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is… — George Michael
When students cheat on exams, it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
A hole had just appeared in the Galaxy. It was exactly a nothingth of a second long, a nothingth of an inch wide, and quite… — Douglas Adams
Our capitol punishment system is haunted by the demon of error- error in determining guilt, error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die...… — George Ryan
What would you do, sir, if terrorists were killing 45,000 people every year in this country? Well, the current health care system, the insurance companies,… — Keith Olbermann
In spite of my great admiration for individual splendid talents I do not accept the star system. Collective creative effort is the root of our… — Constantin Stanislavski
If we do not act now to strengthen Social Security, the system that so many depend upon today will be unable to meet its promises… — Chris Chocola
If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly knowledgeable elite and an… — John Perry Barlow
As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own… — Patrick J. Kennedy
All the public systems â€“ administration, justice, education and political are designed to keep people with knowledge out. Such a system promotes mediocrity. — Rahul Gandhi

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