#soc

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#condition #half #none #other #over

In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality. ↗

— Karl Marx

#capital #dependent #independent #individuality #living

It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya. ↗

— Aslan Maskhadov

#against #army #chechnya #combat #economic

The fact that he didn't get credit for a while is more the story of social injustice. But his own spirit wasn't driven by that, and wasn't dependent upon that. He just wished he had the cash to go to medical school. ↗

— Mary Stuart Masterson

#credit #dependent #driven #fact #get

For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? ↗

— Tim Matheson

#american society #blame #educational #entire #fraternity

A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you. ↗

— Elsa Maxwell

#bore #bores #cleaner #eager #everything

Tolerance is the price we pay for living in a free, pluralistic society. ↗

— Robert Casey

#living #pay #pluralistic #price #society

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. ↗

— Rollo May

#courage #cowardice #opposite #our #society

I wanted everything. What could you not want when you are brown and Indian-looking in a society in which the white aesthetic is praised as acceptable? ↗

— Ana Castillo

#aesthetic #brown #could #everything #i

It really came down to deciding between baseball and soccer. Soccer won out because I enjoyed it more. ↗

— Brian McBride

#because #between #came #deciding #down