Thought-Provoking Society Quotes That Challenge Conventional Thinking - Page 3

If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

The American Revolution was sparked by a series of taxes and tariffs on tea. More recently, the Thatcher and Reagan 'revolutions' were rooted in overturning the status quo - excessive taxation - to empower the individual and encourage a free society and prosperous economy.

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.

Cinema is a reflection of its own society.... -Shohreh Aghdashloo

Cinema is a reflection of its own society.

For too long in this society, we have celebrated u... -Joe Biden

For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.

Society during the last hundred years has been alternately perplexed and encouraged respecting the two great questions: how shall the criminal and pauper be disposed of in order to reduce crime and reform the criminal on the one hand and, on the other, to diminish pauperism and restore the pauper to useful citizenship?

The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic.

I'm just being myself, honestly. I know society puts it, Oh, this is masculine and this is feminine. I don't put myself in categories.

As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.

My mother is white. My biological father is black. When my mother was 17, she got pregnant. They lived in Waterloo, Iowa, which at the time in 1971 was a very segregated society.

Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire and the bringing of the whole world under British rule, for the recovery of the United States, for making the Anglo Saxon race but one Empire? What a dream, but yet it is probable; it is possible.

Just because society says I'm old doesn't mean I a... -Sylvester Stallone

Just because society says I'm old doesn't mean I am.

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how... -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

I believe Israel needs branding. I want that the word 'Israel' will relate not just to an Israeli soldier or a camel, but Israel as an advanced liberal society with a strong economy and great people.

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

New Age values are conscious evolution, a non-sectarian society, a non-military culture, global sharing, healing the environment, sustainable economies, self-determination, social justice, economic empowerment of the poor, love, compassion in action, going beyond religious fundamentalism, going beyond nationalism-extreme nationalism, culture.

There are a number of women who have brought about... -A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

There are a number of women who have brought about immense change in society.

We need to make sure we're all working together to change mindsets, to change attitudes, and to fight against the bad habits that we have as a society.

Our society is used to judging content by its pack... -Joanna Krupa

Our society is used to judging content by its package and label.

Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of the technological society.

Education is simply the soul of a society as it pa... -Gilbert K. Chesterton

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.

If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it's a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women.

Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.

Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue.

I think the debate in our society now is that peop... -Abdullah II of Jordan

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted.

To cut short the question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two individuals of whom one is absolutely innocent, and the other absolutely guilty. The victim, to be sure, is innocent. But can the society that is supposed to represent the victim lay claim to innocence?

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