#soc

I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

#i #know #operates #proposals #security

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#beat #begins #fails #finish #first

Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#business #conjunction #digital #divide #economic

What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#education #equal #human #human beings #jobs

I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes. ↗

— Stephen Colbert

#here #i #jokes #laugh #make

The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#been #commandments #moral #never #replaced

I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#every #evil #found #george #great

I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they could use Iraqis as guinea pigs. ↗

— Juan Cole

#argued #blank #blank slate #bush #bush administration

Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older - the Social Security system for those folks 55 and over will not change in any way shape of form - no ifs, ands, or buts. ↗

— Norm Coleman

#any #buts #change #clear #discussions

For many centuries, suicides were treated like criminals by the society. That is part of the terrible legacy that has come down into society's method of handling suicide recovery. Now we have to fight off the demons that have been hanging around suicide for centuries. ↗

— Judy Collins

#been #centuries #come #criminals #demons