Quotes About Social

The police cannot be considered simply the custodians of the legal order, but must be seen as the guardians of the social order as well. That they defend it wearing blue uniforms rather than white sheets is a matter of only minor importance.

If we accept that police forces arose at a particular point in history, to address specific social conditions, then it follows that social change could also eliminate the institution. The first half of this syllogism is readily admitted, the second half is heresy.

So now books were her only friends. She'd read Lord of the Rings so often she could recite whole scenes by memory. It was not a skill that aided one in becoming popular.

if you take a personal problem seriously enough, you will simultaneously solve a social problem

When the locus of evaluation is seen as residing in the expert, it would appear that the long-range social implications are in the direction of the social control of the many by the few.

The intuitive moral structure of our modern social imaginary prioritizes victimhood, sees selfhood in psychological terms, regards traditional sexual codes as oppressive and life denying, and places a premium on the individual's right to define his or her own existence. All these things play into legitimizing and strengthening those groups that can define themselves in such terms. They capture, one might say, the spirit of the age.

The modern self assumes the authority of inner feelings and sees authenticity as defined by the ability to give social expression to the same.

Intelligence and rationalism are not in themselves revolutionary. But technical thinking is foreign to all social traditions: the machine has no tradition. One of Karl Marx's seminal sociological discoveries is that technology is the true revolutionary principle, beside which all revolutions based on natural law are antiquated forms of recreation. A society built exclusively on progressive technology would thus be nothing but revolutionary; but it would soon destroy itself and its technology.

that coolness is a social category, not a natural attribute (with the possible exception of Keith Richards)

The stubborn inequalities in the Unites States are not the result of some people living in a physical environment. Their environment is built by social forces, and those forces last for centuries because they are regenerated across the generations.

But the autonomy or self-government of the community cannot exist without the autonomy of the factory, the school, and the city, of every form of social life.

Luxury feeds ego and helps people to achieve a sense of social advancement. It may not be a psychologically healthy frame of mind, but most people attach self-worth to the ownership of exclusive items.

Even if you lack social proof, if you have confidence and behave like you have social proof already, you are on the leading path to moving up your perceived value.

It would definitely be death to my social life. And life is worthless without a social life.

Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.

We often take these social rituals for granted, but we do so at our own peril. They are more fragile than we think. Like fine crystal, they break easily and are hard to glue back together.

siempre se mueve uno en el mismo círculo de personas por más vueltas que parezca dar.

I am not," Lincoln had said, "nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races.

am not," Lincoln had said, "nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races."29

At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered.

Our lives are a meaningful stand against injustice, and we can make meaningful choices every day. Your food choices are far more powerful than you imagine. Veganism offers a daily way to enact your values while helping to protect the environment and enhance your health. It becomes a daily reminder that change is possible. Social change is not just something we must work for; it's something that constantly asks us to change.

Sometime back, a high government official said, "You are doing social work and we also are doing the same. But we are doing it for something and you are doing it for somebody." To do our work, we have to be in love with God.

Religions centered on the worship of a male God create "moods" and "motivations" that keep women in a state of psychological dependence on men and male authority, while at the same legitimating the political and social authority of fathers and sons in the institutions of society.

I said to David, "You know, in France, when they're nice to you, you feel like you've passed a test. But in Italy, there is no test.