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There are some weapons that are just so dangerous that society has a right and the obligation even to take those weapons out of circulation.
One of the great conundrums in philanthropy globally is that the way wealth creation happens itself often creates the inequities in society.
Society must be organized in such a way that mans social, loving nature is not separated from his social existence, but becomes one with it.
The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.
It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.
It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist. What is its seat? The inborn requirement of self-approval.
Diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society, and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today.
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
Torture can destroy the social fabric of communities, degrade a society's institutions, and undermine the integrity of its political systems.
I do think there is this danger that our society has made its peace with decline. I'd like to jolt them out of their complacency a little bit.
It does not matter how much we donate; it matters whether the donation is meaningful. How to define meaningful? Let society and history judge.
The key to the future in an aging society is not found in increasing just our life span; we need to increase our health span at the same time.
The Cold War, Bosnia and Ukraine remind us that peace is fragile. Iraq and Syria remind us that no society or culture is immune from conflict.
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.
Our biggest struggle as human beings is to project ourselves as something that society has deemed admirable or likable instead of being honest.
American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society.
Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere.
Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.
Society proceeds like the ocean. After a disaster, it resume its wonted level and rhythms; its devouring interests efface all traces of damage.
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?
I am so excited that society is taking so much interest in the disability sector and our belief in inclusion is getting so much media coverage.
What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction. It is, indeed, on this fictive basis that it dominates the world.
Our society can only become one of two things, it can be become what we let it become or it can become what we make it, and I choose the latter.
Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.
Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.
I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that.
The rule seems to be that those who find no difficulty in deceiving themselves are easily deceived by others. They are easily persuaded and led.
Technology is a ubiquitous part of our everyday lives, and the accompanying geeky lexicon has infiltrated every facet of our modern day society.
When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.
There is nothing of greater importance to the well-being of society at large - of man as well as woman - than the true proper position of woman.
We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.
the self-assertive tendency is the dynamic expression of the holon's wholeness, the integrative tendency, the dynamic expression of its partness.
Your success as a family... our success as a nation... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.
The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them.
When one lives in a society where people can no longer rely on the institutions to tell them the truth, the truth must come from culture and art.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
If you dig deep and keep peeling the onion, artists and freelance writers are the leaders in society - the people who start to get new ideas out.
I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society.
In this great society wide lying around us, a critical analysis would find very few spontaneous actions. It is almost all custom and gross sense.
The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.
Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
There is no comparing the brutality and cynicism of today's pop culture with that of forty years ago: from High Noon to Robocop is a long descent.
Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.
America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept anymore.
Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society.
As a black woman of trans experience, my position in this society leaves me really no choice but to stand for the intersectional identities I hold.