#society

The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#beautiful person #best #best man #cleverest #competition

The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars - an inclusive citizenship, equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#creating #creative #equality #everything #excellence

The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#economy #ethics #postpone #project #society

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other. ↗

— Anita Hill

#against #each #given #other #our

If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it's a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#depends #developed #economy #emancipate #how

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#action #directly #dispense #marks #midwife

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#each #living #other #society #together

The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

#alternative #around #importantly #key #more

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#core #free #free speech #freedom #imperative

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money. ↗

— J. Edgar Hoover

#attraction #banks #element #irresistible #money