Consensus Quote by David Korten

Smaller societies must prepare the way for greater.

— George Washington

The Norwegian response to violence is more democracy, more openness and greater political participation,

— Jens Stoltenberg

The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and interests, the…

— James Madison

“No two societies create the same institutions; they will have distinct customs, different systems of property rights, and different ways of dividing a killed…

— Daron Acemoğlu

Large numbers of people are broken from the notion that the system is working for people, that the system is just or humane or…

— Bill Ayers

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…

— Ronald Reagan

In my view, nations together are stronger than when they are isolated. And because they are stronger, their people are more free, not less.

— Charles Kennedy

From the weak nations' point of view, it is better if there are many powerful countries then if there are just a few. The…

— Eduardo Galeano

I am convinced that those societies (such as the Native American peoples) which live without government enjoy in their general mass an infinitely greater…

— Thomas Jefferson

In societies no less than individuals, acknowledging our limitations may ultimately be more humane than denying them.

— Steven Pinker

All small countries have the same problems and concerns about being protected from larger countries and their influences.

— Ken Watanabe

Sex and race, because they are easy and visible differences, have been the primary ways of organizing human beings into superior and inferior groups…

— Gloria Steinem