#soc

We are trying to remake Vietnamese society, a task which certainly cannot be accomplished by force and which probably cannot be accomplished by any means available to outsiders. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#degree #distress #expects #face #highest

Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today. ↗

— Annette Funicello

#club #crush #face #family #mickey

Fashion takes its inspiration from society and everyday life, which is the same for everyone, and this is perhaps the reason why certain elements recur. ↗

— Stefano Gabbana

#elements #everyday #everyday life #everyone #fashion

What we have at present is a system of loss socialism. Whatever goes wrong is shouldered by the general public and anything that works is privatised. Worshippers of market freedom have suspended the most important economic principle: Risk and liability go hand in hand. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#economic #freedom #general #general public #go

Taming the financial markets and winning back democratic control over them is the central condition for creating a new social balance in Germany and Europe. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#balance #central #condition #control #creating

I want kids. I want a soccer team, and I want a husband. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#i #kids #soccer #team #want

The sharecropper may lower his eyes, but not because he's less of a man. That's just a condition of society that such things exist. ↗

— Ernest Gaines

#condition #exist #eyes #his #just

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#autocratic #centralized #control #democracy #economic