952 private quotes tagged society

“Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.”— Mary Wollstonecraft

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.”— Kofi Annan

“The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.”— James A. Baldwin

“Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.”— Sonia Sotomayor

“The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.”— Noam Chomsky

“The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.”— Jean de la Bruyere

“The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.”— Gaston Caperton

“The paradox of education is precisely this that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.”— James Baldwin

“I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society.”— Lech Walesa

“If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.”— Samuel Richardson

“Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country.”— Isabel Allende

“When a woman earns a dollar, the payback is higher. She'll invest in her children, in their education, health care, and basic needs. The impact of a woman's role in the economy benefits society at large.”— Andrea Jung

“As a proud Catholic, I know the impact that faith-based education can have in our society and have witnessed it first hand in my district.”— Joe Baca

“If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.”— Sargent Shriver

“What makes me angry? The education of children. How in God's name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids?”— Kathleen Turner

“We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.”— Margaret Mead

“American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.”— Bryant H. McGill

“Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole.”— Mao Zedong

“The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.”— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

“Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.”— Zachary Quinto

“Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.”— Jack Kingston

“All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.”— Alice Walker

“In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs.”— Christopher Lasch

“The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.”— Daisaku Ikeda

“I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen.”— Lionel Blue