“I have to put down roots where I decide to stay. It wasn't enough for me to be an expatriate Indian in Canada. If I can't feel that I can make social, political and emotional commitments to a place, I have to find another place.” IfsFeelsI CanEnoughPoliticalSocialEmotionalCommitmentRootsIndianCanadaExpatriates Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“A commitment to love and justice demands the transformation of social structures as well as of hearts.” WellsHeartSocialJusticeDemandCommitmentTransformationStructureSocial Structure Author:Mary E. Hunt
“I have to say that oil and gas revenues make up a large part of the Russian budget revenue. This is a serious component for us in addressing economic development, budget funding for our development programmes and, of course, and meeting of our social commitments to our citizens.” CoursesSocialEconomicSeriousDevelopmentCitizensCommitmentMeetingsOilBudgetsGasComponentsRevenueFundingProgrammesEconomic DevelopmentOil And Gas Author:Vladimir Putin
“Fascism itself can only be turned away if all those who are outraged by it show a commitment to social justice that equals the intensity of their indignation.” IfsShowsSocialJusticeCommitmentSocial JusticeIntensityFascismIndignationOutraged Book:The End of Imagination Source: The End of Imagination
“But if there is such a thing as social commitment in literature, I think it must manifest itself in a reader's awareness of the human condition, in the writer's touching some common nerve ending. I think this kind of social commitment, like a lady's slip, should be there but it must not show.” IfsThinkingShouldHumansKindShowsLiteratureSocialCommonConditionsAwarenessReaderCommitmentNervesManifestTouchingSlipsHuman Condition Author:Bel Kaufman
“Life must always go on and Yoga is not about an escape from life. Yoga's about a way of dealing with life more effectively; to be able to involve oneself with one's family, one's friends, one's social commitments, one's job and yet at the same time maintain one's centre.” WayAbleJobsSocialGoes OnYogaCommitmentOneselfCentreDealing With Life Author:Paul Harvey
“My commitment to the Olympics is not a political commitment. It's not a commitment to any particular social system or cultural idea. It is a commitment to sport.” IdeasPoliticalSocialSportsParticularCommitmentOlympicsSocial Systems Author:Herbert Hainer
“We must experiment, fail, and try again, but beginning with a critique of legal reform and a commitment to center the most vulnerable moves us away from some of the most common, obvious pitfalls of neoliberal social movement strategies.” TryingMovingSocialCommonFailingMovementCommitmentStrategyObviousExperimentsVulnerableReformCritiqueTry AgainPitfallsSocial Movements Author:Dean Spade
“The best way for business to move out of the Hall of Shame is to demonstrate a commitment to social causes. This also makes business sense. A focus on solving social problems has motivational benefits in lean economic times.” WayProblemMovingSocialCausesFocusEconomicBenefitsCommitmentShameBest WayHallsSocial ProblemsBusiness Sense Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“Mormonism is not simply a commitment to a theology or a church practice, but a social-cultural order.” OrderSocialChurchPracticeCommitmentTheologyMormonism Author:Sterling M. McMurrin
“A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor's and people's commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled.” PeoplePastSocialClearGroupsIntegrityHealthyUnderstoodCommitmentFaithfulContractsFulfilledPastorHonoredCovenantGuardedCongregationSocial Contract Author:David W Augsburger
“A passionate commitment to social justice is no substitute for knowing what the hell you're talking about.” SocialJusticeTalkingHellKnowingCommitmentSocial JusticePassionateSubstitutes Author:Thomas Sowell
“Define home "not as a comforable, stable, inherited and familiar space, but instead as an imaginative, politically-charged space where the familiarity and sense of affection and commitment lay in shared collective analysis of social injustice as well as a vision for radical transformation"” WellsHomeSocialSpaceVisionCommitmentTransformationLaysInjusticeAffectionFamiliarRadicalAnalysisCollectivesStableImaginativeFamiliaritySocial Injustice Author:Chandra Talpade Mohanty
“I am on record as saying that we need to put more money into the Social Security Trust Fund. That's part of my commitment to raise taxes on the wealthy.” NeedsSocialRecordsSecurityTaxesCommitmentRaisesFundWealthyMore MoneySocial SecurityTrust Funds Author:Hillary Clinton
“In general, I don't think that economic, social and cultural rights are primarily a matter of going to court. They are most useful today as commitments which can help ensure effective and equitable policy-making at every level.” ThinkingMatterHelpingTodaySocialLevelsRightsEconomicPolicyCommitmentCourtEquitablePolicy Making Author:Mary Robinson
“I'm much more interested in developing human character in society. And I'm much more interested in the social conditions that foster commitment to ideals, a sense of solidarity, purposefulness, steadfastness, responsibility.” HumansCharacterSocialResponsibilityConditionsCommitmentIdealsDevelopingSolidaritySteadfastnessSocial ConditionsPurposefulness Author:Murray Bookchin
“I think of poetry as something out there in the world and within each of us. I don't mean that everyone can write poetry - it's an art, a craft, it requires enormous commitment like any art. But there's a core of desire in each of us and poetry goes to and comes from that core. It's the social, economic, institutional gap that makes it difficult.” ThinkingWorldWritingMeanArtDesireSocialDifficultEconomicCommitmentCoreEnormousCraftsGaps Author:Adrienne Rich
“I look at racism as one of the social demons. And, in its worst, it's violent and it's a systemic commitment to oppression.” LooksSocialWorstRacismCommitmentViolentOppressionDemon Author:Jordan Peele
“Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.” CountrySocialResponsibilityCommitmentSellsFinancialCreditPracticalsSocial ChangeDefaultFinancial MarketsCredit Default Swap Author:George Papandreou
“From a social point of view, it's beneficial that homeownership encourages commitment to a given town or city. But, from an economic point of view, it's good for people to be able to leave places where there's less work and move to places where there's more.” PeopleAbleMovingGivenSocialViewsCitiesEconomicCommitmentTownsPoint Of ViewBeneficialHomeownership Author:James Surowiecki
“Charity is commendable; everyone should be charitable. But justice aims to create a social order in which, if individuals choose not to be charitable, people still don't go hungry, unschooled or sick without care. Charity depends on the vicissitudes of whim and personal wealth; justice depends on commitment instead of circumstance.” PeopleIfsShouldStillsCareOrderIndividualSocialWealthJusticeDependsCircumstancesCommitmentSickAimCharityHungryWhimCharitableSocial OrderVicissitudesCommendablePersonal Wealth Author:Bill Moyers
“There are vivid memories from my childhood-what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union. I suppose if I wanted to be fair I could say that I'm trying to settle a personal score. I could dramatize it by saying that I want to bring social justice to farm workers. But the truth is that I went through a lot of hell, and a lot of people did. If we can even the score a little for the workers then we are doing something. Besides, I don't know any other work I like to do better than this. I really don't.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantTryingLittlesWantedSocialMemoriesJusticeHellChildhoodConditionsTruth IsLowsCommitmentFairsSocial JusticeUnionsWorkersSettlingScoreFarmsWagesVividVivid Memories Book:An Organizer's Tale: Speeches Source: An Organizer's Tale: Speeches
“I think that if the political and social movement groups and organizations that operate in this country today had the same kind of energetic commitment that the medical marijuana people have, many things could change in this country.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindCountryTodayPoliticalSocialGroupsMovementCommitmentOrganizationMedicalMarijuanaEnergeticSocial MovementsMedical Marijuana Author:John Trudell
“I drank to be funny, or sexy. I drank because I was afraid or happy or sad, and I drank for anything that required emotional commitment. ... I had chosen a profession that thrives on insecurity, and is never far from some source of social intercourse that involves alcohol or drugs.” SocialEmotionalSourceDrugCommitmentSexyProfessionAlcoholChosenThriveInsecurityDrankIntercourseDrunkenness Author:Lynda Bellingham
“In short, there are certain fundamental requisites for wise and resolute democratic leadership. It must build on hope, not on fear; on honesty, not on falsehood; on justice, not on injustice; on public tranquility, not on violence; on freedom, not on enslavement.” WorldWayHumansImportantTruthCertainSocialJusticeFreedomWiseProgressViolenceConditionsHonestyEssentialsAchievementCommitmentFundamentalsDemocraticInjusticeDevotionRighteousnessIngredientsFalsehoodFabricTranquilityStrandsEnslavementResoluteHuman ProgressAmerican Way Of LifeDemocratic Leadership Author:Edmund Ezra Day
“Angela Davis offers a cartography of engagement in oppositional social movements and unwavering commitment to justice.” SocialJusticeMovementOffersCommitmentEngagementSocial MovementsUnwaveringAngelaCartography Author:Chandra Talpade Mohanty
“People never hurt others in moments of personal strength and bravery, when they are feeling good about themselves, when they are strong and confident. If we spent all of our waking moments in that place, then fighting for social justice would be redundant; we would simply have social justice and be done with it, and we could all go swimming, or fishing, or bowling, or dancing, or whatever people do. But it is because we spend so much of our time in that other place, that place of diminished capacity, of flagging energy, or wavering and somewhat flaccid commitment, that we have to be careful.” PeopleIfsDoneMomentsFeelingsWould BeFightingEnergyStrongSocialHurtJusticeCommitmentCapacityBraverySocial JusticeDancingCarefulFeel GoodOur TimeFishingSwimmingWakingBe CarefulBowlingRedundantWaveringPersonal Strength Author:Tim Wise
“A little bit of good can turn into a whole lot of good when fueled by the commitment of a social entrepreneur.” LittlesWholeTurnsSocialBitsLittle BitCommitmentEntrepreneur Author:Jeffrey Skoll
“The incredible brand awareness and bottom-line profits achievable through social media marketing require hustle, heart, sincerity, constant engagement, long-term commitment, and most of all, artful and strategic storytelling.” HeartLongSocialTermLinesAwarenessMediaCommitmentConstantBottomIncrediblesMarketingProfitSocial MediaStorytellingBrandsLong TermSincerityEngagementBottom LineStrategicHustleSocial Media Marketing Author:Gary Vaynerchuk
“And because of these programs like Medicare, Medicare prescription drugs, Social Security, we now have the healthiest and wealthiest group of senior citizens that the world has ever seen. This is a continuing commitment to that.” WorldSocialGroupsSecurityCitizensDrugCommitmentProgramContinuingSeniorSocial SecurityPrescriptionsMedicarePrescription DrugsSenior Citizen Author:James T. Walsh
“Every religious tradition on which we draw has a reverence for life. We are a part of an intricate web of life. Every tradition on which we draw teaches that the ultimate expression of our spirituality is our action. Deep spirituality leads to action in the world. A deep reverence for life, love of nature's complex beauty and sense of intimate connection with the cosmos leads inevitably to a commitment to work for environmental and social justice.” WorldActionSpiritualitySocialReligiousJusticeTeachExpressionDrawsCommitmentTraditionConnectionsUltimateSocial JusticeComplexesEnvironmentalIntimateCosmosLove LifeReverenceOur ActionsIntricateNature LoveReverence For LifeReligious TraditionsWeb Of Life Author:Peter Morales
“The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today - pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household savings, concerns about educational quality and achievement, high and rising income inequality, the large imbalances between our social insurance commitments and resources - are not about monetary policy.” TodayNationsSocialChallengesQualityEconomicPolicyAchievementMajorsLowsPicksCommitmentResourcesConcernEducationalIncomeInequalitySavingRisingSuspectsUsualHouseholdSavingsMonetaryYour FavoriteImbalanceEconomic PolicyIncome InequalityEconomic InequalityMonetary Policy Author:Timothy Geithner
“As it has over the decades, the union movement stands for the fundamental moral values that make America strong: quality education for our children, affordable health care for every person-not just some-an end to poverty, secure pensions and wages that enable families to sustain the middle-class life that has fueled this nation's prosperity and strength. Union members and other working family activists don't just vote our moral values-we live them. We fight for them, day in, day out. Our commitment to economic and social justice propels us and everything we do.” ChildrenPersonsEndsCareAmericaValuesFightingStrongNationsSocialJusticeQualityMoralClassPovertyEconomicMiddleMovementMembersCommitmentLaborVoteOur ChildrenSocial JusticeFundamentalsUnionsProsperityDecadesSecureHealth CareMiddle ClassActivistWagesAffordablePensionMoral ValuesLabor UnionQuality EducationLabor MovementUnion SolidarityAffordable Health CareMiddle Class Life Author:John Sweeney
“The Social Security program is a pact between workers and their employers that they will contribute to a common fund to ensure that those who are no longer part of the work force will have a basic income on which to live. It represents our commitment as a society to the belief that workers should not live in dread that a disability, death, or old age could leave them or their families destitute.” ShouldAgeBeliefForceSocialCommonSecurityCommitmentProgramWorkersIncomeOld AgeFundDisabilityDreadSocial SecurityEmployersPactDestitute Author:Jimmy Carter