Our Society Quotes - Page 23

• If we are to prevent the fabric of our society from coming apart, we must
  teach our children to excel not only academically, but also in their
  appreciation of their obligation to others.

  Clarence Page

  Appreciation, Children, Parenting

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• I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects of our society and our educational system, un-available to us without such drugs.

  Lester Grinspoon

  Weed, Educational, Marijuana

  Lester Grinspoon (1971). “Marihuana reconsidered”

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• There is a real diversity of talent and background on the A list so as to better reflect our society in all walks. There are people who have been candidates before, Councillors, Doctors, business leaders, charity campaigners.

  Adam Rickitt

  Real, Doctors, People

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• Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from all backgrounds and circumstances with the education and skills necessary to become knowledge workers. If we don't, we run the risk of creating an even larger gap between the middle class and the poor. This gap threatens our democracy, our society and the economic future of America.

  Eli Broad

  Running, Work, Issues

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• I'm calling for all responsible Americans to fight back and punish Pepsi for using a man who degrades women, who encourages substance abuse, and does all the things that hurt particularly the poor in our society.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Encouragement, Hurt, Drinking

  "Bad rap forces Pepsi to drop Ludacris" by Claire Cozens, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2002.

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• Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment.

  Cesar Chavez

  Educational, Teaching, Years

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• I'm telling America we need to not discriminate against faith-based programs. We need to welcome them so our society is more wholesome, more welcoming, and more hopeful for every single citizen.

  George W. Bush

  Faith, America, Hopeful

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• It is the government's strong desire to empower this fabric, this social fabric of our society where faith-based programs large and small feel empowered, encouraged, and welcomed into changing lives.

  George W. Bush

  Faith, Strong, Life Changing

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• My father always taught me to appreciate what you're fortunate to have and give back to those who need it. No part of our society is more important than the children, especially the ones who need our help.

  Dan Marino

  Children, Dad, Father

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• Our society does reward beauty on the outside over health on the inside. Women must not be blamed for choosing short-term beauty "fixes" that harm our long-term health, since our life spans are inverted under the beauty myth, and there is no great social or economic incentive for women to live a long time.

  Naomi Wolf

  Makeup, Long, Doe

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• The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society.

  Jack Kemp

  Motivational, Men, Coworker

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• Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society.

  Kent Conrad

  Needs, Computer, Internet

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• To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

  Man Ray

  Art, Members, Painter

  Curtis L. Carter, Man Ray, Francis M. Naumann (1989). “Man Ray in America”

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• The national Government sees in both Christian denominations the most important factor for the maintenance of our society.

  Adolf Hitler

  Christian, Government, Religion

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• Ethics or simple honesty is the building blocks upon which our whole society is based, and business is a part of our society, and it's integral to the practice of being able to conduct business, that you have a set of honest standards. And it's much easier to do business with someone when you look them in the eye and say, "This is what we're going to do," and you understand what you each mean, and you can go away and get it done.

  Kerry Stokes

  Honesty, Business, Block

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• I believe that life is valuable, even when it is unwanted, even when it is physically imperfect. I believe our society has a responsibility to defend the vulnerable and the weak. And I believe our nation should set a goal that unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law.

  George W. Bush

  Children, Believe, Responsibility

  "Parental Notification Law". Jun 7, 1999.

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• The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies...If the right to life is not defended decisively as a condition for all other rights of the person, all other references to human rights remain deceitful and illusory.

  Pope John Paul II

  Rights, Abortion, Priorities

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• In the dream world of Matisse and the gritty reality of American frontier, the diversity of women in our society offers the chance for greater exploration and even greater inspiration.

  Vera Wang

  Dream, Inspiration, Reality

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• Science and religion...are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there's a feeling throughout our society that religious belief is outmoded, or downright impossible, in a scientific age. I don't agree. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that if people in this so-called 'scientific age' knew a bit more about science than many of them actually do, they'd find it easier to share my views.

  John Polkinghorne

  Religious, Knowledge, Science

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• You great benefactors, sprinkle our society with thankfulness. For your own gifts, make yourselves praised.

  William Shakespeare

  Gratitude, Thankfulness, Sprinkles

  William Shakespeare (2013). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare In Plain and Simple English”, p.7946, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Perhaps to some extent we have lost sight of the fact that LSD can be very, very helpful in our society if used properly.

  Robert Kennedy

  Sight, Facts, Helpful

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• If our society were truly to appreciate the significance of children's emotional ties throughout the first years of life, it would no longer tolerate children growing up or parents having to struggle in situations which could not possibly nourish healthy growth.

  Stanley Greenspan

  Children, Growing Up, Struggle

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• There is a great need for the introduction of new values in our society, where bigger is not necessarily better, where slower can be faster, and where less can be more.

  Gaylord Nelson

  Earth Day, Environmental, Needs

  Gaylord Nelson, Paul A. Wozniak, Susan M. Campbell (2002). “Beyond Earth Day: Fulfilling the Promise”, p.175, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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• The art of friendship has been little cultivated in our society.

  Robert J. Havighurst

  Art, Littles, Has Beens

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• We must ask whether our machine technology makes us proof against all those destructive forces which plagued Roman society and ultimately wrecked Roman civilization. Our reliance - an almost religious reliance - upon the power of science and technology to forever ensure the progress of our society, might blind us to some very real problems which cannot be solved by science and technology.

  Robert Strausz-Hupe

  Religious, Real, Technology

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