It’s about time that society accepts people for who they are.
If we don’t figure out a way to create equity, real equity, of opportunity and access, to good schools, housing, health care, and decent paying jobs, we’re not going to survive as a productive and healthy society.
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
If the same punishment is prescribed for two crimes that injure society in different degrees, then men will face no stronger deterrent from committing the greater crime if they find it in their advantage to do so.
We live in a society that blames everybody else for what’s wrong.
There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak.
I really am focused on making sure we’re doing everything we can so every single person in our country… has the right to thrive… and live in a just and equitable society.
I think most people accept that it is necessary to have some surveillance in a democratic society. I think most people accept that it’s important to have limits and clear safeguards on that.
Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society.
It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.
Drama lives on conflict. If you’re trying to deal with social issues seriously, there’s no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society.
I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.
Over all, many of society’s values are a cesspool.
The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.
Chaos does not unify. Chaos only serves the most extreme elements of society that seek to destabilize any semblance of order to fulfill their selfish lust for power.
There is no future for Tunisia without consensus among political parties and members of civil society.
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
Unless we can join forces and recognize each other’s humanity, how can we do business together, let alone make progress on the increasingly complex and difficult problems in society?
Automation is great for profits, but it’s a real potential trouble area for society.
The Windrush era is a very important part of British history as it helps us understand how and why we became the multicultural society we are today, and also helps us understand the history of race relations in this country.
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.
The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.
The dilemma for society is how to preserve personal and family values in a nation of diverse tastes.
Anything that has a relationship with pleasure, we reject it. Eating, they talk about cholesterol; making love, they talk about AIDS; you talk about smoking, they talk about cancer. It’s a very sick society that rejects pleasure.
In a free society, we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we’re civilized people, we publicly criticize that, and don’t belong to those groups or don’t associate with those people.
