#soc

In the past 20 years and more since China embarked on the road of reform and opening up, we have moved steadfastly to promote political restructuring and vigorously build democratic politics under socialism. ↗

— Jinato Hu

#china #democratic #embarked #in the past #more

To overturn orthodoxy is no easier in science than in philosophy, religion, economics, or any of the other disciplines through which we try to comprehend the world and the society in which we live. ↗

— Ruth Hubbard

#comprehend #disciplines #easier #economics #live

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#down #dragged #either #individual #lift

This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. ↗

— David Hume

#alone #avidity #destructive #directly #friends

I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact. ↗

— Janis Ian

#ago #asking #back #because #child

I started 'Society's Child' on a bus in East Orange as I was going home from school. I saw a black and white couple sitting there and started thinking about it. ↗

— Janis Ian

#black #black and white #bus #child #couple

I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing. ↗

— Eric Idle

#baseball #baseball player #being #comic #doing

The public school has become the established church of secular society. ↗

— Ivan Illich

#church #established #public #public school #school

In the past, I had my idols but today I enjoy learning from all the soccer I watch. ↗

— Andres Iniesta

#had #i #idols #in the past #learning

Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land. ↗

— Daniel Inouye

#bring #citizens #contributions #dividends #face