#societies

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

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Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter what is known as the postmodern age. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

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Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind. ↗

— Cotton Mather

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It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

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All societies are historical. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

#societies

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time. ↗

— Sally Quinn

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Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

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When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

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Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

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