Our Society Quotes - Page 12

• It's not a big secret that what's lacking and what's wrong in our society starts with education.

  Oren Moverman

  Secret, Bigs, Lacking

  "Rampart Director, Oren Moverman Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think a lot of people who were addicts are actually people who had that strong innate need to experience non-ordinary states of consciousness. But because our society has turned into this destructive culture of these horrible drugs that nullify you, they have that experience in a negative way. And then they lose that capacity forever, to have it in a positive way.

  Daniel Pinchbeck

  Strong, Thinking, People

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• The use of language around drugs is really important. So we find that it's increasingly difficult in our society to find the word "drug" not connected to the word "abuse." The notion of a responsible use of drugs is written out in the language of our culture.

  Graham Hancock

  Drug, Abuse, Important

  "Interview with Russell Brand, Daniel Pinchbeck, & Graham Hancock". www.marandapleasantmedia.com. 2012.

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• Justice Lewis Powell spoke for all of us when he said: Equal justice under law is perhaps the most inspiring idea of our society. It is one of the ends for which our entire legal system exists.

  Edward Kennedy

  Law, Ideas, Justice

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Justice Sandra Day O'Connor decisions reflect, in my view, that our society has worked very hard to improve the workaday world, to open doors to workers confronted by powerful employers and for women facing harassment and stereotypes.

  Joe Biden

  Powerful, Doors, Views

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I also acknowledge that prejudice runs very deep in our society. And, in the real world, discrimination rears its ugly head in the shadows, where it's very difficult to root it out.

  Joe Biden

  Running, Real, Roots

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Through its interpretation of the Constitution, the Supreme Court hugely shapes the fabric of our society for us and for future generations.

  Herb Kohl

  Generations, Fabric, Shapes

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• As the guardian of our rights, the Supreme Court makes decisions every year which either protect the individual or leave him at the mercy of more powerful forces in our society.

  Herb Kohl

  Powerful, Rights, Years

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• It is a real issue, a measurement of our society, when we say it's fine to destroy unborn life who has a heartbeat at 16 days post-conception.

  Tom Coburn

  Real, Issues, Measurement

  "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court". www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.

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• Families are the bedrock of our society.

  Hillary Clinton

  Bedrock

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• Sometimes, from outside, and from America especially, where the racial tension is so intense, you tend to understand Brazil as a kind of ideal situation, but it's not. There are a lot of problems. Historically, we have been in struggle, in real struggle to protect and defend the natural leaning towards absorbing the African and the Indian heritage that our society has.

  Gilberto Gil

  Real, Struggle, America

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• The romance of circumvention is one of the most destructive forces at work in our society. The American Idol freeway to greatness, Instagramming one's way into popular consciousness with selfies of our ass folds beneath short shorts, human growth hormone and performance-enhancing drugs for athletes, Adderall for the idle mind, reality television that sacrifices our dignity for fifteen lousy minutes.

  Daniel Gillies

  Athlete, Sacrifice, Reality

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• The problem in our society is the ego psychology and conventional wisdom about "look out for #1." That conventional wisdom thinks that "love your enemy" is to some a principle no one can ever live by.

  Robert Thurman

  Love You, Thinking, Psychology

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• We are worse off - all of us, including men and boys - if our society is not developing and empowering 100% of the resources of humanity, including women and girls.

  Sally Kohn

  Girl, Men, Boys

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• Our society has got to evolve and create better ways of living.

  Jeremy Jones

  Way, Evolve, Better Ways

  "Jeremy Jones and Protect Our Winters". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think a lot of people in my circle are thinking that way or see the movie [Into the Forest] and then really think that way. I think it's hopefully tapping into sort of a consciousness right now in regards to our society's relationship with the environment and our own and our disconnect from it, myself included.

  Ellen Page

  Thinking, Circles, People

  "Into The Forest: Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood Survive a Quiet Apocalypse". Interview With Don Kaye, www.denofgeek.com. July 28, 2016.

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• We need a price on carbon that accurately reflects its real costs on our society and our wellbeing.

  Katharine Hayhoe

  Real, Needs, Cost

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• We are all going to die. When it happens in such a drastic, inhuman way, which we've been seeing in Africa, this is crime on its highest level. It is affecting not only the security of the national parks, it is affecting the people in communities that live around the national parks. In terms of security for wildlife and our society, it's an incredibly alarming situation, and we need to address that.

  Veronika Varekova

  People, Community, Wildlife

  "African Wildlife Foundation, Veronica Varekova and Patrick Bergin". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 1, 2013.

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• Gentle birth, protecting mother and baby, is a solution that I believe will result in positive change for our society.

  Robin Lim

  Mother, Baby, Believe

  "An Interview With Robin Lim | CNN Woman of The Year". Interview with Polly Armstrong, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I just had a thought that perhaps religion is so vibrant here is because of the melting pot aspect to our society. WE have so many cultures here in the US and they all bring something new to their religious experiences.

  Sally Quinn

  Religious, Culture, Melting

  "Sally Quinn on Author Karen Armstrong". Live Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. March 29, 2006.

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• You cannot understand the politics of today without understanding the Civil Rights Movement and the role it played in our society.

  Andrew Aydin

  Rights, Understanding, Roles

  "Five questions for John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell". Interview with Elissa Gershowitz, www.hbook.com. August 8, 2016.

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• Our society is connecting workers with the products people consume and recognizing workers for their contributions. It is important to do that, and to have organized labor - a middle class - to preserve our democracy.

  Dolores Huerta

  Class, People, Democracy

  "We Need To Keep Ringing the Bell". Interview with David Kupfer, progressive.org. August 20, 2016.

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• We've witnessed so many revolutions in our society. Think of transportation, photography, or communications. Things once unimaginable have become seemingly impossible to live without.

  Wayne Pacelle

  Photography, Communication, Thinking

  "Making Progress Against Animal Cruelty: An interview with Wayne Pacelle". Interview with Karen Dawn, progressive.org. July 20, 2016.

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• Prosperity consists in our ability to flourish as human beings - within the ecological limits of a finite planet. The challenge for our society is to create the conditions under which this is possible. It is the most urgent task of our times.

  Tim Jackson

  Challenges, Limits, Tasks

  Tim Jackson (2011). “Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet”, p.16, Routledge

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• If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It's very exhilarating.

  Dolores Huerta

  People, Get Involved, Convince

  Source: www.sdfoundation.org

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