“It is the political task of the social scientist — as of any liberal educator — continually to translate personal troubles into public issues, and public issues into the terms of their human meaning for a variety of individuals. It is his task to display in his work — and, as an educator, in his life as well — this kind of sociological imagination. And it is his purpose to cultivate such habits of mind among the men and women who are publicly exposed to him. To secure these ends is to secure reason and individuality, and to make these the predominant values of a democratic society.” MenMindHumansWellsKindEndsReasonPoliticalPurposeValuesIndividualSocialTermImaginationIssuesTroubleHe ManHabitMen And WomenTasksScientistDemocraticIndividualitySecureVarietyExposedDisplayTranslateEducatorDemocratic SocietySociologicalHabits Of Mind Book:The Sociological Imagination Source: The Sociological Imagination
“EMILY's List members are deeply committed to electing pro-choice Democratic women whom we trust to stand up for our rights, treat us honestly, and make us proud. Our candidates fight for us every day. Blanche Lincoln failed to hold up her end of the bargain.” EndsChoicesFightingRightsProudMembersTreatsDemocraticCommittedListsHonestlyCandidatesBargainsEmilyBlancheEmily's Author:Ellen Malcolm
“The Democratic Convention is $27 million in debt. They had to cancel the kick-off event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. A speedway is the perfect place for the Democratic Convention. You go around in circles, turn left every few seconds, and you end up right where you started.” EndsTurnsLeftPerfectMillionsEventsDemocraticDebtCirclesKicksSecondsConventionsMotorCharlotte Author:Jay Leno
“This country needs room to grow and expand. In all my own newspapers I read frightful tales of the shameful atrocities being perpetrated on our Democratic minorities in Maine and Vermont. My patience is almost at an end, and if provoked much further I will place both countries under American protection, even if I have to send in my tourists to start trouble so I'll have to send in a force to restore order.” IfsNeedsEndsCountryOrderForceGrowsMy OwnRoomsTroubleDemocraticProtectionNewspapersTalesMinoritiesTouristsShamefulAtrocitiesMaineProvokedVermont Author:Gracie Allen
“The democratic world has come to a dead end; likewise, the communist world has come to a dead end. But the Unification Church is just beginning!” WorldEndsChurchDemocraticCommunistDead EndsUnificationUnification Church Author:Sun Myung Moon
“From literature to ecology, from the escape velocity of galaxies to the greenhouse effect, from garbage disposal methods to traffic jams, everything is discussed in our world. But the democratic system, as if it were a given fact, untouchable by nature until the end of time, we don't discuss that.” IfsWorldEndsFactsLiteratureGivenEffectsMethodDemocraticOur WorldTrafficEcologyEnd TimesGalaxyGarbageJamGreenhousesVelocityUntouchablesTraffic JamGarbage Disposal Author:Jose Saramago