Quotes About Society

I could sense the surge of all those Ambossans who for years had filled those brightly lit tunnels during what they called the Rushing Hour. All those scurrying feet and harried minds. All those sugar-loving, coffee-drinking, baccy-smoking, rum-sipping commuters, most of whom hadn't a thought about who provided their little pleasures, their little dependencies.

My own kind? If I had to pinpoint a moment when the human race divided into the severe distinctions of blak and whyte, that was it: people belonged to one of two colours and in the society I was about to join my colour, not my personality or ability, would determine my fate.

The solution lies in the principle of shared value, which involves creating economic value in a way that also creates value for society by addressing its needs and challenges. Businesses must reconnect company success with social progress".

It is about time companies shifted from the simple strategies to earn a mere operation license towards earning a leadership license, that is, they should serve the needs of both their shareholders and stakeholders by making profits while also being a positive driver in society".

NoÅ¡ení klobouku patÃ…â"¢ilo až do Å¡edesátých let k zásadám odívání, které jen málokdo zpochyb?oval, ale které se poruÅ¡ovaly r?znými jinými pokrývkami hlavy, ovÅ¡em nikoli prostovlasostí. Kdo vyÅ¡el ven bez klobouku, dával jasnÄ› najevo, že pohrdá vÅ¡emi spole?enskými normami.

Nedostatek penÄ›z vÅ¡ak není pravý d?vod žalostného stavu bot vÄ›tÅ¡iny naÅ¡ich spoluob?an?. Podstatou je nedostatek vkusu.

What is law? Is it what is on the books, or what is actually enacted and obeyed in a society? Or is law what must be enacted and obeyed, whether or not it is on the books, if things are to go right?

Had my child been a clergyman's probably he would have been strangled at birth.

You see, no one ever told her to keep her legs closed and crossed at the ankles. No one ever said: "Save it for the one you love" or "Good girls say no.

These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment.

The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.

As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt reminded us: "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

If children of 5 are not taught to obey orders, sit still for 7 hours a day, respect their teacher, and raise their hands when they have to go to the bathroom, how will they learn (after 17 more years of education) to become the respectful clerks, technicians and soldiers who keep our society free, our economy strong, and such inspiring men as Richard Nixon and Deane Davis in political office.

In 2007, the top 1 percent earned 23.5 percent of all income, more than the bottom 50 percent. The top 1 percent now owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. That is not the foundation of a democratic society. That is the foundation for an oligarchic society. The rich get richer. The middle class shrinks. Poverty increases.

The bottom line is that everything is connected to everything. Our political task is nothing less than the transformation of our nation. Health care for all, absolutely. But in order to create a healthy society, we also need to end poverty and provide decent-paying jobs for all people. We need a strong educational system, a clean environment, and equal opportunity for everyone regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, or nationality. These, in fact, are all health-related issues.

Health care for all, absolutely. But to create a healthy society, we also need to end poverty and provide decent-paying jobs for all people. We need a strong educational system, a clean environment, and equal opportunity for everyone regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or nationality. These, in fact, are all health-related issues.

If a nation is morally judged by how we treat the weakest and most vulnerable among us, our health care system fails miserably.

if we are serious about creating a truly free society, we must take the next step forward and guarantee every man, woman, and child in our country basic economic rights—the right to quality health care, the right to good education, the right to decent and affordable housing, the right to a secure retirement, and the right to live in a clean environment. And the right to a secure, well-paying, and meaningful job.

We need an economic system that serves humanity rather than exploits it. There can be honest debates about how best to achieve that end, but to my view there are at least four steps that must be taken:

But oligarchy is not a uniquely Russian phenomenon. It's a global reality that our corporate media chooses to examine in only the narrowest of terms. What about the oligarchs of America? What about the perverse and destructive role that they play in shaping our society? Why is there no acknowledgment, by our political and media elites, that there is an American oligarchy every bit as dangerous as the oligarchies we decry in other countries?

I have never been able to discover that there was anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient—in America.

The eleventh commandment --- Thou shalt not be found out --- is the only one that is virtually impossible to keep these days.

Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought Hopefully I take up my place among the sellers.

Unhappy the land that needs heroes.