Our Society Quotes - Page 17

• The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?

  James Hillman

  Talking, People, Negative

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• Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

  J. Edgar Hoover

  Elements, Irresistible, Attraction

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• Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Spiritual, Israel, America

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1970). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969”, p.947, Best Books on

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• We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.

  Barbara Jordan

  Community, Together, Done

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

  John Kasich

  Mean, Negative, Action

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• We are in a position of financial and social power, and we could be agents of change in our society. Without pretension, I believe we could be a nice little gardener who takes care of the garden, and hopefully our neighbor will do the same. Then, maybe we'll achieve a better world.

  Guy Laliberte

  Nice, Believe, Garden

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• Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values.

  Christopher Lasch

  Overcoming Addiction, Drug, Form

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• The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

  Christopher Lasch

  Definitions, Sides, Arguing

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• In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs.

  Christopher Lasch

  Drug, Needs, Want

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• Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.

  Doris Lessing

  Collapse, Dependent, Precarious

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• There's an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful; boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful.

  Doris Lessing

  Girl, Growing Up, Boys

  "'I have nothing in common with feminists. They never seem to think that one might enjoy men'". Interview with Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2001.

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• Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society.

  Judith Light

  Evil Within, Prejudice, Racist

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• The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

  John Madden

  Soccer, Teamwork, Gratitude

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars of government and philanthropy. We need the entire private sector to begin committing itself not just to making profits, but to fulfilling higher and larger purposes by contributing to building a better world.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Government, Two, America

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• Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

  Miriam Makeba

  Girl, Mother, Parenting

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• It's upsetting to be a man in our society.

  David Mamet

  Men, Upset, Be A Man

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• The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create.

  David Mamet

  Artist, Wish, Important

  David Mamet (1986). “Writing in restaurants”, Viking Adult

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• What is missing from today's dialogue is the effect autism is having on families, our society and what the unknown factors are. The 300lb. gorilla in the room is that our children with autism today will soon become adults with autism.

  Jenny McCarthy

  Children, Autism, Missing

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• We have an epidemic of insecure people in our society today.

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Insecure, Epidemics

  Joyce Meyer (2016). “Overload: How to Unplug, Unwind and Free Yourself from the Pressure of Stress”, p.114, Hachette UK

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• I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two million plus Muslims in Britain, the vast bulk of them make a huge contribution to our society, and they actually make it the vibrant society it is.

  David Miliband

  Country, Teacher, Mean

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm under the impression that this notion of decency is disappearing from our society where conflicts are made worse on cinema and on television, where people are nasty and cruel on the Internet and where, in general, everybody seems to be very angry.

  Helen Mirren

  People, Cinema, Television

  "Helen Mirren: UK is angry and cruel". www.mirror.co.uk. November 14, 2010.

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• If you believe in equality, if you believe in standing up for the rights of all, especially for people most affected by bigotry and discrimination, then you have no choice but to be present and accounted for when it comes to standing up for gays and lesbians in our society.

  Michael Moore

  Believe, Gay, Rights

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Racism is beyond common sense and has no place in our society.

  Steven Morrissey

  Racism, Common Sense, Common

  "Morrissey to receive apology from NME" by Alexandra Topping, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2012.

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• The negative side of football. The negative side of our society. People sometimes go to football and bring to it the negative aspects of our society.

  Jose Mourinho

  Football, People, Negative

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• Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.

  Pervez Musharraf

  Loss, Doubt, Pakistan

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