#soc

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#development #fixed #history #pass #series

What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#change #does #engage #give #opportunity

I just wish the crowd I was associated with was more passionate about what they were doing and less consumed with the commerce of the art form. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#art #art form #associated #commerce #consumed

It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest. ↗

— Johnny Rotten

#horrible #i #just #made #me

Sometimes the most positive thing you can be in a boring society is absolutely negative. ↗

— Johnny Rotten

#absolutely #boring #most #negative #positive thing

If there is a pattern, it will come back - maybe in Russia more than anywhere else, because it has collapsed so many times. Maybe less so here in the States, because here the society is so young. ↗

— Tatyana Tolstaya

#back #because #collapsed #come #else

Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal. ↗

— Karl Rove

#culture #decent #hopeful #ideal #important

As society changes, laws have to change to protect citizens along the way. Sometimes you have to try new and different and creative ways to solve problems. You have to take some risks. ↗

— John Rowland

#change #changes #citizens #creative #creative ways

I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society.We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it? ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#condemning #drive #i #interested #judgment

Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a course of social justice to get everyone that wanted a home into one, regardless of whether or not they could afford it. ↗

— Ed Royce

#congress #could #course #crisis #decision