#modern society

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. ↗

— Herbert Read

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Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society. ↗

— Ahmet Necdet Sezner

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But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital! ↗

— Stephen Covey

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Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

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