#society

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#democracy #experience #fear #having #lived

Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#determine #dissent #fear #free #free society

Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society? ↗

— Robert Shea

#design #humans #may #perfect #society

Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola. ↗

— Robert Shea

#consciously #founder #history #indeed #influential

We live in a very dysfunctional society, and this is a very, very dysfunctional Administration. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#dysfunctional #live #society #very

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

In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#forget #heads #hearts #laughing #our

I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#better #changed #ever #i #life

If there is a pattern, it will come back - maybe in Russia more than anywhere else, because it has collapsed so many times. Maybe less so here in the States, because here the society is so young. ↗

— Tatyana Tolstaya

#back #because #collapsed #come #else