#societies

For anyone inclined to caricature environmental history as 'environmental determinism,' the contrasting histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti provide a useful antidote. Yes, environmental problems do constrain human societies, but the societies' responses also make a difference. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#environment #environmental-determinism #history #societies #environmentalism

Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#different #earth #ever #existed #how

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#been #boundaries #build #compelling #creation

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#basis #civil #civil society #democracies #emerging

We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#american #care #company #few #health

Writers in repressive societies are considered dangerous. That's why so many of them are in jail. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#dangerous #jail #many #repressive #societies

My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot. ↗

— Dan Brown

#discuss #experiences #i #i can #interest

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality. ↗

— Helen Clark

#equality #gender #include #more #serious

The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones. ↗

— Northrop Frye

#ancient #back #being #convention #due

The broadest pattern of history - namely, the differences between human societies on different continents - seems to me to be attributable to differences among continental environments, and not to biological differences among peoples themselves. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#attributable #between #biological #broadest #continental