Our Society Quotes
The sooner our society admits that the Negro Revolution is no momentary outburst soon to subside into placid passivity, the easier the future will be for us all.
Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion.
I've resigned myself to the fact that the world needs clowns, too, and I was born to be one of them. And it is an important role in our society to play. I try to embrace the silliness of it.
We need everyone to participate to make our city safe. And we know that the vast majority of immigrants are contributing positively to our economy and to our society here in the city of New York.
Racism is the most divisive force in our society, so until it is dealt with we cannot hope for much.
Alabama citizens, like the vast majority of Americans, respect and value the meaning of decency, and appreciate public institutions that reflect the common values of our society.
I think sadly in any industry and in any work related environments females always strive to achieve a certain amount of perfection whether they be skinny or pretty. It's constant in our society.
Capitalism is like the law of the jungle with a few rules. There isn't another system that works for our society but left unchecked, capitalism can have a dehumanising effect.
As an organized political group, the Communists have done nothing to damage our society a fraction as much as what their enemies have done in the name of defending us against subversion.
Privatization radically alters power relations in our society by weakening groups like public employees and public school teachers.
I am sure that if somebody is giving a sum to charity, he or she should be encouraged to do so by the authorities because the spirit in which we encourage people to give has permeated our society.
We try many ways to be awake, but our society still keeps us forgetful. Meditation is to help us remember.
I don't see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech, which we all know is fundamental to our society.
Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitive to the least powerful in our society.
Donald Trump says he'll cut taxes and that will make the more productive members of our society more productive still and that he'd create more jobs.
To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.
I don't think that moms, with all that's going on in our society today, would want to put their kids in front of something that will be disheartening rather than uplifting.
My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
I think John F. Kennedy was the last great hope. And that's why I dwell on that subject. He was someone who could stand up to the militarist element in our society.
It's not a big secret that what's lacking and what's wrong in our society starts with education.
Perhaps there was a correlation between taking prayer and Bible study out of schools, and what has happened in our society.
The 11 million, I think, are never going home, don't need to be sent home, and I would incorporate them into our society by giving them work visas and making them taxpayers.
The automobile is the most dangerous weapon in our society - cars kill more than wars do.
There is so much that is fake about our society. My generation is craving something that is real, honest and true. The Message is straight up! It's modern, relevant, and direct.
It's kind of condoned in our society: There are things that an abusive mate could get away with with their partner that they could not with a stranger.
Our society, our culture - the greatness of America - goes hand-in-hand with energy, and our leaders need to wake up. We need energy, OK?
Why? Because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and, therefore, less care that has to be done, because we cull the ranks of the disabled in our society.
You have the right to anything. Does that undermine the fabric of our society? I would argue yes, it does.
Everyone has a need for significance; and if we can't make that possible, or even probable, in our society, then it will be obtained in destructive ways.
My direction is very anti-contemplative. If you thought I was for commercial products, you'd think there was no irony. The irony isn't meant to be an ironic comment on our society, exactly.
In our society, in our culture, we love to build people up. We love to build the pedestal, and we love to put 'em up there on it, and then we can't wait for the day they fall off of it.
We are worse off - all of us, including men and boys - if our society is not developing and empowering 100% of the resources of humanity, including women and girls.
I think that critiquing the myths of our society and helping people find their way through them is a very important thing. It's a theme that goes through all of my work.
I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience.
...the greatest shortage in our society is an instinct to produce. To create solutions and hustle them out the door. To touch the humanity inside and connect to the humans in the marketplace.
To my knowledge, no progressive educator has ever suggested that children didn't need to know the "mere facts" about the contributions of African Americans to our society.
Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.
I hate it when women fight aging with plastic surgery or fashion choices. There's this arrogant youth worship in our society.
Anti-Muslim protests represent a fringe of our society that's seeking to promote hatred and division.
Our society has lost confidence in the power of reason, except perhaps scientific reason.
It is a real issue, a measurement of our society, when we say it's fine to destroy unborn life who has a heartbeat at 16 days post-conception.
But in terms of how people live together, how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace, the place of religion in our society today is essential.
In terms of security for wildlife and our society, it's an incredibly alarming situation, and we need to address that.
It seems to me there are good deficits and bad deficits. Now, we have a deficit that comes from the militarization of our society and our policy and our approach to the global arena.
