Ella T. Grasso Quotes
I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of society.
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.
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Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.
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Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.
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When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.
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That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
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I think the ideology of the Congress is closest to mine. Congress is a party where I should be. I have joined politics to bring change in society. The Congress gave me a chance with the Aadhaar project. It's a party that will allow me to bring change.
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The difficulties of many European countries derive from their corporatism: state projects serving cronies and vast social protection programmes, both run by elites. These surged in the 1970s and 1980s.
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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.
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In a free society, we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we're civilized people, we publicly criticize that, and don't belong to those groups or don't associate with those people.
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Infant mortality and life expectancy are reasonable indicators of general well-being in a society.
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Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves.
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At the risk of sounding really corny now, I'm a career prosecutor. I've been doing this for a very long time. And I believe in holding people responsible when they violate the law. But our sole responsibility is to seek justice. And sometimes that means a very lengthy sentence for people who are dangerous and from which society must be protected.
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The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce past levels of food and fuel, or to maintain adequate defense.
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I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.
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We also know that our support for civil society is not just about what we’re against, but also what we’re for. Because we’ve noticed that governments that are more responsive and effective are typically governments where the people are free to assemble, and speak their minds, and petition their leaders, and hold us accountable.
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In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives.
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Improving the opportunities across the board is extremely important to sustain the legitimacy of wealth. If a whole horde of people, whole sections of society don't feel they have the opportunities, then the focus is going to be on those who have it and who have made it and say that is illegitimate.
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The discussion of any society risks seduction by what is transient and tumultuous.
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To win real rewards, we must firmly decline the deceptive rewards offered by society.
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I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.
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It isn't silence you can cut with a knife any more, it's interchange of ideas. Intelligent discussion of practically everything is what is breaking up modern marriage.
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Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go,Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
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We don’t stop hiking because we grow old – We grow old because we stop hiking.
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I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of society.
