#soc

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#history #modern #nations #political #political history

I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#baltimore #building #families #i #now

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them. ↗

— Nicholas Meyer

#civilized #civilized society #cornerstones #exist #good

Soccer's not a game that you can restrict players, especially creative players and players who have proven themselves at that level. ↗

— Tiffeny Milbrett

#especially #game #level #players #proven

While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#because #capitalism #injustice #response #socialism

Yes, look, social class is definitely an issue in Britain, it is definitely an issue and I think that most people across the country would sympathise with the idea that there are lots of people with talent and ability all across this country who want to make more of themselves and part of the responsibility of government is to make that happen. ↗

— Ed Miliband

#across #britain #class #country #definitely

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#amount #been #character #contained #courage

I wasn't driven into medicine by a social conscience but by rampant curiosity. ↗

— Jonathan Miller

#curiosity #driven #i #into #medicine

I'm very pleased with being a part of the Bean Pole family. It's a relationship that makes sense to me. I'm very pleased to have my name associated with Bean Pole Jeans. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#bean #being #family #i #jeans

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different. ↗

— Kate Millett

#circumstances #cultures #different #experiences #female