952 private quotes tagged society

“The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.” — Talcott Parsons

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“We do not always appreciate the role the Queen has played in one of the most significant changes in the past 60 years: the transformation of Britain into a multi-ethnic, multi-faith society. No one does interfaith better than the Royal family, and it starts with the Queen herself.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children.” — James Earl Jones

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“The warrior may fight for gold or for an immediate gain, or for something to take home for the winter to feed the family. The soldier is part of a more complex society. He's fighting for a group ethic of some sort.” — C. J. Cherryh

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“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.” — Pearl S. Buck

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“The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.” — Jean de la Bruyere

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“Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society.” — Natan Sharansky

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“Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.” — Jim Rohn

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“The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.” — Jacques Delors

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“But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.” — Tadao Ando

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“I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.” — Brendan Behan

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“A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind.” — George Will

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“Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.” — W. H. Auden

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“Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups.” — Paul Ryan

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“I will spend the next four years rebuilding the foundation of a opportunity society led by free people and free enterprises.” — Mitt Romney

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“I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.” — Hillary Clinton

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“But if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they've been brought there by no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society.” — Rick Perry

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“In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.” — Barack Obama

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“That's what the Romney plan is all about, how to get jobs created, how to get this debt and deficit under control, how to revive small businesses so we can create jobs, and how to bring growth and opportunity to society instead of this class warfare, instead of speaking to people like they're stuck in some class or station in life.” — Paul Ryan

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“America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.” — Marco Rubio

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“This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington today by both parties are threatening that greatness. And if we stay on this road we're on right now, our children are going to be the first Americans ever to inherit a diminished country.” — Marco Rubio

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“Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.” — Paul Ryan

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“I think we have to face the reality that in a society where there is a legitimate threat of terrorism, not being able to see one's face, not being able to have some sense of communication in that way, is for many societies a challenge.” — Hillary Clinton

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“I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history.” — Marco Rubio

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“We are special because we've been united not by a common race or ethnicity. We're bound together by common values. That family is the most important institution in society. That almighty God is the source of all we have.” — Marco Rubio

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