#societies

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

— Natan Sharansky

#free #free societies #injustices #serious #societies

Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens. Therefore, they have a powerful incentive to keep their societies peaceful and prosperous. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#citizens #democratic #democratic leaders #dependent #failing

Societies depend on agreed rules. ↗

— John M. Smith

#depend #rules #societies

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it. ↗

— John J. Sweeney

#cannot #current #current form #democratic #democratic societies

Life was never meant to be difficult, we just make it that way so that it fits into societies and our indoctrinated concept of what things should be like. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#difficult #indoctrination #life #societies #things

Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars! ↗

— Marvin Minsky

#cars #difference #drives #example #for example

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

Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and health care. ↗

— Howard Baker

#balance #care #changing #each #education

Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work? ↗

— Gary Becker

#activities #agricultural #almost #bearing #certain

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service. ↗

— Joan Didion

#been #course #flawless #great #hotels