#society

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#american society #dealing #i #i think #many

It's a mistake to assume that Islamists always come from the slums. Indeed, many come from affluent families but for some reason just couldn't manage to integrate into Western society, even though they had good opportunities for advancement. ↗

— Otto Schily

#affluent #always #assume #come #even

I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#always #american #american society #argue #because

I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses. ↗

— Yitzhak Shamir

#democratic #democratic society #depend #even #events

We live in an anaesthetized society. ↗

— Tony Snow

#society

Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units. ↗

— Valerie Solanas

#collection #community #family #isolated #merely

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law. ↗

— Solon

#law #magistrates #obey #people #society

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#best #lunatics #mad #most #people

I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it. ↗

— George Soros

#away #care #country #doing #foundations

An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others. ↗

— George Soros

#compatible #degree #freedom #greatest #interests