#soc

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#change #conservative #culture #determines #itself

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

#materialistic #mysticism #only #possible #religion

Science has not been successful by making up explanations of things that fit with the current social fabric. ↗

— Kary Mullis

#current #explanations #fabric #fit #making

And, of course, the fact that Maurice Strong, a Canadian, was in charge made it important for us to pull up our socks and become leaders in this field. Now, here is a field we should be a leader in! ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#canadian #charge #course #fact #field

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#drama #mechanized #society #supreme #war

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#get #got #had #intellectual #into

Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#bypass #channels #closed #makes #many

Society is what we make of it, so we'd better try to make it the best we can. ↗

— Dale Murphy

#better #make #society #try

I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth Amendments freely to practice and proclaim one's religious convictions. ↗

— Frank Murphy

#convictions #enjoys #estate #first #fourteenth

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#justice #less #more #needs #society