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• Illegal immigrants in considerable numbers have become productive members of our society and are a basic part of our work force. Those who have established equities in the United States should be recognized and accorded legal status. At the same time, in so doing, we must not encourage illegal immigration.

  Ronald Reagan

  Numbers, Immigration, United States

  Reagan, Ronald (1982). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Ronald Reagan, 1981”, p.677, Best Books on

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• Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes - one rich, one poor - both in a permanent state of conflict and neither able to get ahead except at the expense of the other? Since when do we in America accept this alien and discredited theory of social and class warfare? Since when do we in America endorse the politics of envy and division?

  Ronald Reagan

  Believe, America, Class

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• All of Hollywood is run on one assumption: That women will watch stories about men, but men won't watch stories about women. It is a horrible indictment of our society of we assume that one half of our population is just not interested in the other half.

  Geena Davis

  Running, Men, Other Half

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• Obscurity is where God sends all His favorite sons and daughters. Our society tells us that if and when we get ‘there’—the job or position or degree we’ve always wanted, the notoriety we’ve always dreamed of—that’s when all the important stuff will start happening. Not so. All the good stuff happens in obscurity.

  Jonathan Martin

  Daughter, Jobs, Son

  Jonathan Martin, Steven Furtick (2013). “Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You're More Like Jesus Than You Think?”, p.65, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Don't play it safe. Resist the seductions of the cowardly values our society has come to prize so highly: comfort, convenience, security, predictability, control. These, too, are nets. Above all, resist the fear of failure. Yes, you will make mistakes. But they will be your mistakes, not someone else's. And you will survive them, and you will know yourself better for having made them, and you will be a fuller and a stronger person.

  William Deresiewicz

  Mistake, Play, Stronger

  "What Are You Going to Do With That?". Essay adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May 2010, www.chronicle.com. October 03, 2010.

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• I can admit there are some problems in hip hop but it is only a reflection of what's taking place in our society. Hip hop is sick because America is sick.

  David Banner

  Reflection, America, Sick

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• I use to think that the friction was a bad thing. Everything is to ease pain in our society; pain is very much the enemy. And I don't think that's true. Tension is a good thing. To be pulled tight: that's the only way you can make a proper noise on the guitar or violin.

  Jon Foreman

  Pain, Thinking, Guitar

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• I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters. The topless Interview shoot was one of the ones where I said: 'OK, I'm fine doing the topless shot so long as you don't make them any bigger or retouch.' Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are. I think women's bodies are a battleground, and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.

  Keira Knightley

  Photography, Thinking, Long

  "Is Keira Knightley's topless photoshoot the best form of protest?" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2014.

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• My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Supportive, Wish, Actors

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• You have the right to anything. Does that undermine the fabric of our society? I would argue yes, it does.

  Rick Santorum

  Doe, Fabric, Arguing

  "Raw Data: Excerpts of Santorum's AP Interview". Associated Press interview, www.foxnews.com. April 22, 2003.

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• On the day that we do discover that we are not alone, our society may begin to evolve and transform in some incredible and wondrous new ways.

  Carl Sagan

  May, Way, Incredibles

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• The truth is that a vast restructuring of our society is needed if remedies are to become available to the average person. Without that restructuring the good will that holds society together will be slowly dissipated... It is that sense of futility which permeates the present series of protests and dissents. Where there is a persistent sense of futility, there is violence; and that is where we are today.

  William O. Douglas

  Average, Together, Today

  WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS (1970). “POINTS OF REBELLION”

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• I won't yield to anyone about guns in our society. I know enough about it.

  Edward Kennedy

  Gun, Yield, Politics

  Senate debate with Mitt Romney, 1994.

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• In our society it is murder, psychologically, to deprive a man of a job or an income. You are in substance saying to that man that he has no right to exist. You are in a real way depriving him of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, denying in his case the very creed of his society.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Jobs, Real, Men

  Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King (Jr.) (1989). “The trumpet of conscience”, HarperCollins

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• The place of cycling in our society is set to grow, and I am committed to doing everything possible to encourage that.

  Gordon Brown

  Cycling, Committed, Grows

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• As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways. Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.

  Al Sharpton

  Long, Racism, Slavery

  "Racism & Bias — Can We Pause and Be Honest with Ourselves?" by Al Sharpton, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 27, 2014.

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• Our Nation is in great need of young men and women of character to lead in every arena of our society.

  Michael C. Burgess

  Character, Men, Needs

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• But our society - unlike most in the world - presupposes that freedom and liberty are in a frame of reference that makes the individual, not government, the keeper of his tastes, beliefs, and ideas. That is the philosophy of the First Amendment; and it is this article of faith that sets us apart from most nations in the world.

  William O. Douglas

  Philosophy, Government, Ideas

  "Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton, 413 U.S. 49". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. June 21, 1973.

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• One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.

  Faye Wattleton

  Women, Way, Fit

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• The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.

  Thom Mayne

  Art, Ignorance, Ideas

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• Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.

  Jim Ryun

  Block, Government, Umpires

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• The American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well.

  Ernest Istook

  Law, Umpires, People

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• The most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption seems to be that the purpose of education is to induce correct opinion rather than to search for wisdom and to liberate the mind....Attitudes on campuses often presage tendencies in the larger society. If that is so with respect to freedom of expression, the erosion of principle we have seen throughout our society in recent years may be only the beginning.

  Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.

  Attitude, Erosion, Expression

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• During the last 2,500 years in Buddhist monasteries, a system of seven practices of reconciliation has evolved. Although these techniques were formulated to settle disputes within the circle of monks, i think they might also be of use in our households and in our society.The first practice is Face-to-Face-Sitting.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Thinking, Years

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Not enough of our society is trained how to understand and interpret quantitative information. This activity is a centerpiece of science literacy to which we should all strive-the future health, wealth, and security of our democracy depend on it. Until that is achieved, we are at risk of making under-informed decisions that affect ourselves, our communities, our country, and even the world.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Country, Future, Science

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson Sounds The Alarm Over Science Illiteracy, And For Good Reason" By David Freeman, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 5, 2015.

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