society Quotes

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

There's very little dislike of Americans in the world, shown by repeated polls, and the dissatisfaction - that is, the hatred and the anger - they come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they're rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.

In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress 'suspects.'

By 1960, the South Africans knew that they were becoming a pariah state.

In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.

Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.

The neo-cons constitute a radical reactionary fringe of the planning spectrum, but the spectrum is narrow.

It is pretty ironic that the so-called 'least advanced' people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.

Radical Islamist extremists surely hope that an attack on Iraq will kill many people and destroy much of the country, providing recruits for terrorist actions.

Social Security is based on a principle. It's based on the principle that you care about other people. You care whether the widow across town, a disabled widow, is going to be able to have food to eat.