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#societies

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #societies




Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.


Mortimer Adler


#different #earth #ever #existed #how

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.


Ansel Adams


#been #boundaries #build #compelling #creation

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.


Christiane Amanpour


#basis #civil #civil society #democracies #emerging

In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation.


Guy Debord


#conditions #directly #everything #immense #into

The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In certain countries, the conditions are much better and in others much worse.


Shirin Ebadi


#also #better #certain #condition #conditions

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.


Abba Eban


#duties #embodiment #jews #living #might

In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.


Deepak Chopra


#better #engaged #everybody #health #live

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

Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty. And when that happens, societies stabilize and grow. And there is nothing like a stable society to fight terrorism and strengthen democracy, freedom and rule of law.


Dennis Hastert


#democracy #fight #freedom #grow #happens

In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.


Michael Novak


#condition #default #free #history #human






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