#societies

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation. ↗

— Jared Diamond

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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

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Well we are hoping that the power of the community of free nations is such that our sovereignty our rights are not going to be challenged by anybody who's going try to undermine the freedom, the openness of our societies and our security. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#challenged #community #free #free nations #freedom

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

— Rupert Murdoch

#bypass #channels #closed #makes #many

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

— Kenneth L. Pike

#granted #guess #i #people #respectability

Education enables people and societies to be what they can be. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#enables #people #societies

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

#become #certain #come #less #lot

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

— Natan Sharansky

#free #free societies #protected #right #societies