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Letter "S" » Society
«The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.»
«The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.»
Author: Alexis Carrel
| About:
Duty,
Society
| Keywords:
fulfilling, incapable, members, performing, The First Duty, transformed
«The fundamental class division in any society is not between rich and poor, or between farmers and city dwellers, but between tax payers and tax consumers»
Author: David Boaz
| About:
Society,
Taxation
| Keywords:
city, class, consumers, Consumer Society, division, dweller, dwellers, farmers, fundamental, tax
«The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means»
Author: Georges Bernanos
| About:
Corruption,
Society
| Keywords:
corruption, End justifies the means, justifies
«The definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| About:
Society
| Keywords:
definition, unpopular
«The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death»
Author: Gore Vidal
| About:
Death and dying,
Religion,
Society
| Keywords:
buttress, buttresses, buttressing, punishment, terrified
«The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.»
«The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.»
«The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.»
Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
(Ambassador, Governor, Politician)
| About:
Society
| Keywords:
first principle, forum, forums, Open society, untrammeled
«There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly could never measure up to the demands of the present epoch. But in such a society are contained the seeds of revolutionary democracy in which none will be held in slave»
Author: Nelson Mandela
(Statesman)
| About:
Democracy,
Revolution,
Society
| Keywords:
contained, epoch, epochs, insecure, measure up, primitive, revolutionary, Seeds, The Seeds
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