Quotes About Society

At times in the past, the U.S. did not restrict the number of immigrants.

I think women believed for a long time that it was inappropriate for them to be interested in true crime. It made them judge themselves, or feel weird or ghoulish.

I want to keep the government out of the business of giving incentives to have or not have kids, or incentives to marry or not marry.

Governments that don't need to broaden their tax base have few incentives to respond to the needs of their people.

Everybody has a camcorder now, and they exploit these incidents and blow them all out of proportion.

Racism holds no place in our game and it holds no place in society. But unfortunately there are going to be incidents.

I think people are just going to be people, and racism is a thing. If people have an inclination to be racist then they are going to be, and there is not a whole lot that you can do about it.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally.

Why categorise crime as a gender issue? Why should a man or woman be more inclined to believe in certain basic values?

Non-binary is a term used by some people, myself included, who feel that their gender identity falls outside the tradition boxes of man or woman.

Our society, including the liberals, must understand that there must be order.

Empowering women leads to a more inclusive growth of society and the nation.

I thought we were getting more liberal as a society, more inclusive and I'm gutted racism has come back stronger with Brexit, devastated and I feel Brexit promotes a racist attitude.

I challenge us all to have the courage of our convictions to fight for a fair, justice and inclusive society.

Countries with higher incomes on average achieve better human development. I do not believe that growth alone will 'cure' poverty. But I do believe that growth is necessary.

Man, I grew up like everybody else. Middle-low income family. My parents got divorced like most of the rest of the country.

The claim that if people had a basic income they would become lazy is prejudiced and has been refuted many times in many places.

'Child 44' has no room for inconsequential choices because Stalinist Russia had no room for them, either.

I think we live in a country that sometimes forgets how effective the rule of law is, perhaps because our governments have often found it inconvenient.

The risk a lot of times, in my mind - and I may be incorrect - the risk of challenging people directly with their beliefs is that society is such that there's too many of us, so a direct challenge automatically engages people's defenses.

I seek to cast an incorruptible gaze on women, especially where they are the accomplices of men.

The aim of SK's fundamental change is to increase happiness and share it with society.

If you start free trade with a Communist country, allow them to develop their own businesses, they don't remain communistic. They become a free society when they're able to make money themselves, and we increase trade with them and allow them to really produce products.