#society

When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#come #community #court #defendant #feel

Our modern society - especially in the West, and especially now - reveres youth. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#modern #modern society #now #our #society

We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge. ↗

— Matt Blunt

#dependent #diffusion #education #founded #jefferson

I still like being in North of England and I keep a place there. But there are a lot of things about the Continent that are to be preferred. The social institutions work better, women have a better position in society and the food is another thing. ↗

— Andrew Eldritch

#another #being #better #continent #england

This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an orderly and stable society. ↗

— David Bohm

#fertile #function #generally #harmonious #help

Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. ↗

— Robert Bork

#apparent #became #cannot #child #enlightenment

If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#basic #basic research #cancer #continues #family

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society. ↗

— Jo Brand

#female #male #more #social #society