#society

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#children #competitive #credit #defect #fathers

Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#best #civil #civil society #displace #economic

Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#class #country #designation #fixed #groups

That's what the Romney plan is all about, how to get jobs created, how to get this debt and deficit under control, how to revive small businesses so we can create jobs, and how to bring growth and opportunity to society instead of this class warfare, instead of speaking to people like they're stuck in some class or station in life. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#bring #businesses #class #class warfare #control

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#matter #our time #poor #poverty #questions

Certainly another Brad Sherman might be annoying, but it isn't something society doesn't know how to deal with. But a new level of human being is something else. ↗

— Brad Sherman

#another #being #brad #certainly #deal

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people. ↗

— Hu Shih

#chief concern #chinese #chinese people #concern #confucianism

If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#caste #create #does #education #life

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#desire #figure #help #his #ideals

As the society has gotten larger and more complex, individuals have lost their ability to influence any of the institutions that affect their lives. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#affect #any #complex #gotten #individuals