Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes
The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.Henry James Sumner Maine
Quotes to Explore
-
I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.
Ice Cube -
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
B. F. Skinner -
You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
Salman Khurshid -
The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
Yair Lapid -
Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
Socrates gave a lifetime to the outpouring of his substance in the shape of the greatest benefits bestowed on all who cared to receive them. In other words, he made those who lived in his society better men and sent them on their way rejoicing.
Xenophon
-
I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.
Fidel Castro -
Athletes can definitely have an impact on society. And it's great that athletes can be a part of uniting the population.
Canelo Alvarez -
The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.
Olof Palme -
Labels, boxes, and politically correct terminology all seem small and irrelevant when being compared to the violent and brutal attacks on the lives of people who are different than what society says we should be.
La'Porsha Renae -
I enjoy working with the American Cancer Society because I fully support its mission of saving lives and creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays for everyone.
Larry Fitzgerald -
Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society.
Natan Sharansky
-
Our choice of a reform framework dictated that we looked at the fundamental assumptions that had driven Nigeria's economy, society and policy hitherto and to seek ways of either abandoning or transcending those assumptions and their supporting institutions.
Ibrahim Babangida -
I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.
Zoe Saldana -
The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.
Ulrich Beck -
Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.
Daisaku Ikeda -
If the nation is rich but people are poor, the country cannot be strong, and society will be unstable.
Zong Qinghou -
Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!
Abu Bakar Bashir
-
Something big is going on. I'm talking about a society that refuses to allow injustice just to persist without making our voices heard and without organizing to bring about effective change through our voting system.
Bernice King -
If you look at the history of our country over the last 100 years, there have been periods where science and research have been celebrated. They were really kind of held up as heroes in society, which encouraged a generation of people to go into these fields.
Mark Zuckerberg -
Law is good, proper, and essential in its place, but law can save no man, nor can law remake man and society.
R.J. Rushdoony -
The 'Total Information Awareness' project is truly diabolical - mostly because of the legal changes which have made it possible in the first place. As a consequence of the Patriot Act, government now has access to all sorts of private and commercial databases that were previously off limits.
John Perry Barlow Grateful Dead -
The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.
Henry James Sumner Maine