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Category Archives: Society
Millard Fuller on Community
“For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people’s love and concern for each other.” Continue reading
Oscar Wilde on Knowledge
“There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.” Continue reading
Dwight D. Eisenhower on Society
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” Continue reading
Oliver Wendell Holmes on the Results of Our Actions
“A hundred years after we are gone and forgotten, those who never heard of us will be living with the results of our actions.” Continue reading
Mogens Jallberg on Democracy Vs. Feudalism
“In democracy it’s your vote that counts; In feudalism it’s your count that votes.” Continue reading
Thomas Sowell on History and Society
“Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.” Continue reading
Victor Hugo on Education
“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” Continue reading
Bertrand Russell on Controversies
“The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.” Continue reading
William James on Society
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.” Continue reading
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