#societies

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#great #great souls #law #never #passion

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#countries #globalized #internally #longer #muslim

Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#die #dies #faith #human #human beings

Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#depends #greater #gulf #happiness #law

The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#constant #effort #even #found #increased

Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind. ↗

— Cotton Mather

#families #first #mankind #nurseries #societies

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

Education enables people and societies to be what they can be. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#enables #people #societies

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#adopt #considerable #either #else #fads

They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

#hierarchical #incredibly #mini #often #places