The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.
Karl MarxTags: politics society oppression repression duopoly representation
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
George Bernard ShawI don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.
Henrik IbsenHuman relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments, a future - and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people.
Albert CamusTags: future love society relationships
If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation.
James C. CollinsTags: society business non-profit
To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt to influence the constitution of the government by acting on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social forces. One person with a belief is a social power equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
John Stuart MillTags: power society belief democracy opinion government influence constitution
The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.
Fyodor DostoevskyTags: life perspective society social-norms
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
AristotleTags: society revolution poverty crime
The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.
Stephen SondheimIf a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
[Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]
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