#society

There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the one nation, new millionaires are minted every day. In the other, human beings no longer necessary to our economy, to our society, are being devalued and destroyed. ↗

— David Simon

#americas #being #beings #cultural #day

Artists are going to be the metronome of this society. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#going #metronome #society

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society. ↗

— George Soros

#america #because #chose #civil #civil liberties

Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#equal #equality #get #society #until

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics. ↗

— Alex Haley

#behavior #characteristics #dissimilar #learned #our

Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

#essence #out #peace #society #works

But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion. ↗

— Bill Nye

#gives #intellectually #investment #passion #society

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. ↗

— B. R. Ambedkar

#being #born #development #does #drop

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors. ↗

— Robert W. Service

#could #criticism #dislike #france #free

The Holocaust also shows us how a combination of events and attitudes can erode a society's democratic values. ↗

— Tim Holden

#attitudes #combination #democratic #erode #events