Balance Quote by Greg Graffin

The bureaucratic nature of both capitalism and our government assures us that there are no checks and balances when it comes to justifying any…

— Tripp York

A system must be managed. It will not manage itself. Left to themselves in the Western world, components become selfish, competitive. We cannot afford…

— W. Edwards Deming

People must get active; go outside; get moving. This is a crucial time. You know, massive wealth and capital haven't budged one bit, so…

— David Harvey

It's crucial to understand that as a society, we can reorganize. We can reorganize socially, politically, and economically, and we can reorganize according to…

— Rebecca Adamson

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;…

— Bruce Schneier

“Because society makes its own governmental shapes; when a governing power wants to control society from the top-down, society will assess this and will…

— Herbert Tombeur

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.

— Beau Willimon

We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government…

— Ronald Reagan

The underlying issue is the system of capitalism itself, and under this system the best means for regulating or checking their power is not…

— Kshama Sawant

Society is an artificial construction, a defense against nature's power.

— Camille Paglia

We don't think a sustainable society need be stagnant, boring, uniform, or rigid. It need not be, and probably could not be, centrally controlled…

— Anonymous

In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless…

— Pope Francis