American Society Quotes

• The happiness of society is the end of government.

  John Adams

  Happiness, Government, Presidential

  'Thoughts on Government' (1776)

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  Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

  John Adams

  Bible, God, Religious

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854). “Works: with a life of the author”, p.229

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• To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Leadership, Education, Business

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• The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.

  Eric Sevareid

  Hallmark, Distinguished, Has Beens

  Eric Sevareid (1964). “This is Eric Sevareid”

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• I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.

  Rand Paul

  Believe, Rights, Racism

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• The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by political parties, lobbies and sectors of the media. To meet this challenge, Muslims must reassess their own involvement, behavior and contributions in American society.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Party, Media, America

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• I would argue that we have a generation of young people, particularly minorities, who are no longer putting up with the kinds of things their parents put up with. They're much more self-confident. It's no longer acceptable to make fun of people because of race or sex. But it has always been present in American society.

  Donna Shalala

  Sex, Fun, Race

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• I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.

  Peter Singer

  America, Going Away, United States

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• As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was in my twenties. I encountered a man who later became the president of the American Society of Medical Hypnosis. He couldn't hypnotize me.

  Theodore Sturgeon

  Men, Hypnosis, President

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• The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Political, Democracy, Aristocracy

  Alexis de Tocqueville (1990). “Democracy in America”

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• American society [...] not only sanctions gross and unfair relations among men, but it encourages them. Now, can that be denied? No. Rivalry, competition, envy, jealousy, all that is malignant in human character is nourished by the system. Possession, money, property--on such corrupt standards as these do you people measure happiness and success.

  Philip Roth

  Character, Men, People

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• Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society itself.

  Julian Bond

  Rights, Order, Groups

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• I’ve come to the point of view that for European-American society and culture to persist requires a European-American majority, and a clear one at that.

  John Tanton

  Views, Majority, Culture

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• American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Equality, True Meaning

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• What the Founding Fathers created in the Constitution is the most magnificent government on the face of the Earth, and the reason is this: because it was intended to preserve the American society and the American spirit, not to transform it or destroy it.

  Mark Levin

  Father, Government, Faces

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• When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.

  Isaac Asimov

  Ignorance, Cutting, Science

  Isaac Asimov (2009). “I, Asimov: A Memoir”, p.54, Bantam

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• We are now integrated into American society and I don't like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that it's going to pass. It's not like that anymore.

  Antonio Banderas

  Mean, Integrated, Fashionable

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• The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.

  Joe Biden

  September, September 11th, Stills

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• Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.

  Al Franken

  Technology, Law, Expectations

  "Privacy And Civil Liberties In The Digital Age" by Al Franken, www.wired.com. March 2, 2012.

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• Unfortunately, the cyber threat to 'the grid' is only one means of eviscerating the soft underbelly of American society. Another which has been getting increasing attention could be delivered via the kind of nuclear-armed ballistic missile that Iran and North Korea have been developing: a strategic electro-magnetic pulse attack.

  Frank Gaffney

  Mean, Iran, Korea

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• I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together.

  Marcus Garvey

  Friends, Pride, Race

  Marcus Garvey, Amy Jacques Garvey (1923). “The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans”, The Majority Press

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• I understand why society, especially American society, is gravitating toward fairy tales, given our economy. We've been exploring the world of witches and wizards for years. We've been exploring the world of vampires for years. Clearly the public - I mean, I feel like all of this was ushered in by 'Harry Potter' - in my own fannish beliefs.

  Ginnifer Goodwin

  Mean, Years, Exploring The World

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that come from speaking English.

  Ernest Istook

  Years, Dollars, Cost

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• American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.

  Jack Kemp

  Cities, Long, Despair

  "Speakers List:Jack Kemp, Republican Vice Presidential Nominee". www.cnn.com.

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• It is not wrong or bigoted to believe American society is stronger and that the family unit is better served when marriage is between a man and a woman. It is also not wrong for homosexual Americans to want to get as much parity as they can.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Believe, Gay, Men

  "Bill O'Reilly: A big victory for traditional forces". www.foxnews.com. August 2, 2012.

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