952 private quotes tagged society

“All that is needed to set us definitely on the road to a Fascist society is war. It will of course be a modified form of Fascism at first.” — John T. Flynn

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“There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.” — A. Bartlett Giamatti

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“I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.” — Rand Paul

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“Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large not just shareholders, but also employees, the citizens of our communities, and those who care about the environment.” — Simon Mainwaring

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“The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society.” — Pamela Anderson

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“No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions can produce a happier or more prosperous society.” — Charles E. Wilson

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“Through their own actions, customers can hold companies responsible to higher standards of social responsibility. Through collective action, they can leverage their dollars to combat the force of those investors who myopically pursue profits at the expense of the rest of society.” — Simon Mainwaring

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“We need to develop and disseminate an entirely new paradigm and practice of collaboration that supersedes the traditional silos that have divided governments, philanthropies and private enterprises for decades and replace it with networks of partnerships working together to create a globally prosperous society.” — Simon Mainwaring

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“Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.” — Charles Kuralt

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“Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.” — Nat Turner

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“I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.” — Dean Koontz

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“Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.” — John Naisbitt

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“Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.” — Evelyn Glennie

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“The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.” — John Updike

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“American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.” — Jack Kemp

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“There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men.” — Catherine Deneuve

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“It's about time that society accepts people for who they are.” — Kesha

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“We must not inflict life on children who will be resented we must not inflict unwanted children on society.” — Anne Lamott

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“The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society, differently and you have to respond to it differently.” — Emma Thompson

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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

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“The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.” — Rachel Hunter

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“I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.” — Tim Robbins

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“I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.” — Ray Charles

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“In every interview I have ever read or seen or taken part in, the final question in our future-oriented society is always, What next?” — Jessica Savitch

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“Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.” — Doris Lessing

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