Quotes About Society

There would be more sense in insisting on man's limitations because he cannot be a mother than on a woman's because she can be.

I'm very passionate about making good films. I want to make good films for the whole world because I think it is one of the biggest inspirations for society.

It is incredible how important doctors are to our society and how they help individuals live up to their full potential in life. I hope to inspire and help others fulfill their best selves as I do my best to become the top doctor in the nation in my future.

You should be watching 'Red Band Society' because it's a show that inspires us to live. I feel like you'll get connected to these characters, and they teach you something that you can apply to your daily life.

I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring.

I think there's a lot of mental instability in this whole country.

If it is true, for instance, that depression is constituted by low serotonin levels, what still needs to be explained is why particular individuals have low levels of serotonin. This requires a social and political explanation.

We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.

Culture is our nature, and the ability to learn and change is our most important and fundamental instinct.

I think maternal instinct is a male construct that has been used for centuries to keep women in their place, at home.

I don't think marriage is in the cards for me. I think it's an archaic institution.

The state security bodies should not be seen as an institution that works against society and the state; one needs to understand what makes them work against their own people.

The United States military is probably the most socialistic institution in the United States.

It is time to raze the institutional foundations of racism and segregation within politics, law enforcement and society at large.

Institutionalized racism has been with us pre-Obama, and it obviously will be with us post-Obama.

Institutions are what allow us to have continuity in civilizations.

There are a large number of institutions in this country which we should not politicise.

As the society has gotten larger and more complex, individuals have lost their ability to influence any of the institutions that affect their lives.

Political art - not always a contradiction in terms - can destroy institutions, or eat away at them.

It's not a secret that we have a crisis in confidence in public institutions in our country.

We need the media as the foundation of functioning institutions.

Our history tells us that public institutions evolve through a process of bargaining between the state and groups in society.

Cultural arenas and institutions that were always liberal are being prodded or dragged further to the left.

Conservatism is about freedom, yes. But it is also about the institutions and attitudes that shape the responsible citizen, and ensure that freedom is a benefit to us all. Conservatism is therefore also about the limits to freedom.