#societies

Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

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The constant effort towards population, which is found even in the most vicious societies, increases the number of people before the means of subsistence are increased. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

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You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change. ↗

— David Miliband

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Satellite broadcasting makes it possible for information-hungry residents of many closed societies to bypass state-controlled television channels. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

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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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Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable. ↗

— Lord Robertson

#creative #globalisation #make #more #our

If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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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

I maintain, despite the moment's evidence against the claim, that we are born and grow up with a fondness for each other, and we have genes for that. We can be talked out of it, for the genetic message is like a distant music, and some of us are hard-of-hearing. Societies are noisy affairs, drowning out the sound of ourselves and our connection. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

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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

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