“Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them? There are who in the path of social life Do bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun, And sting the soul.” ThinkingWorldSoulSocialSunPathFeetSkinsPressesFortuneDeceitSlidesSocial LifeSerpentSod Book:The Complete Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie Source: The Complete Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie
“The criminal justice system is accurately symbolized by a large sculpture that sits at the foot of the United States attorney's building: four metal circles that interlock. The wheels of justice, as it were, frozen in legal and social gridlock.” StatesSocialJusticeUnitedUnited StatesFourFeetBuildingCriminalsCirclesWheelsMetalsFrozenSculptureAttorneyJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemGridlock Author:Jonathan Larson
“I could live in the woods with thee in sight, Where never should human foot intrude: Or with thee find light in the darkest night, And a social crowd in solitude.” ShouldHumansLightNightSocialFeetSolitudeSightCrowdsWoodsThee Author:Tibullus
“We are a democracy, and there is only one way to get a democracy on its feet in the matter of its individual, its social, its municipal, its State, its National conduct, and that is by keeping the public informed about what is going on.There isnot a crime, there isnot a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.Get these things out in the open, describe them, attack them, ridicule them in the press, and sooner or later public opinion will sweep them away.” WayDoeMatterStatesIndividualSocialOpinionDemocracyFeetCrimePressesVicesTricksOne WayLive BySooner Or LaterRidiculePublic OpinionSecrecyDodge Author:Joseph Pulitzer
“The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever recurring song of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever rising tides of revenge. Man has never risen above the injunction of the lex talionis: "Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path.” MenHumansMadeSelfFactsProblemHandsEyeLawLife IsSongIndividualNationsSocialPathFeetOceanUglySolveRevengeTeethHuman LifeRisingSpiteTidesPursuedRisenRecurringSocial ProblemsRetaliationWreckage Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind... he will need only six feet of earth.” IfsMenNeedsEarthSocialInterestLosesReligiousFeetEconomicMankindSixConcernPermitArteries Author:Josephus Daniels
“Physical nature lies at our feet shackled with a hundred chains. What of the control of human nature? Do not point to the triumphsof psychiatry, social services or the war against crime. Domination of human nature can only mean the domination of every man by himself.” MenHumansMeanWarLyingSocialFeetHuman NatureCrimeHundredEvery ManChainsDominationPsychiatrySocial Service Author:Johan Huizinga
“The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading leaders directly and more trying to build a social movement that holds their feet to the fire.” WayTryingCarePoliticalSocialLeaderIssuesFireFeetMovementConsciencePressureSocial MovementsPersuading Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“I don't kid myself in thinking that I'm on the front lines. I know the people who are on the front lines. I mean there are people in some freakin' significant places making on-the-ground social front line change. I've marched. I've put feet on the ground for what I believe and what I'm against with no compromise. And there are people who are risking a whole hell of a lot more than me to make change, that's for damn sure.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBelieveMeanWholeKidsI BelieveSocialLinesHellFeetFrontsSignificantCompromiseDamnFeet On The GroundNo Compromise Author:Ben Harper
“Social media itself is not protest. To tweet is not to protest physically. To do a Facebook post, and though it's critical and crucial, is not to show up and embody the anger you feel, to embody the righteous outrage you feel, to embody the concern you feel. This is about putting feet to pavement and to register in the consciousness of America that this is something that's problematic.” FeelsShowsAmericaSocialConsciousnessFeetMediaConcernSocial MediaCriticalPostsProtestCrucialRighteousTweetOutrageRegisterPavement Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“My daily routine varies, but there are certain things I try to stick to, like journaling in the morning and establishing my mood before I check any social media or take any calls or e-mails. That helps get me started on the right foot.” TryingHelpingCertainSocialMorningFeetMediaSticksSocial MediaMoodChecksRoutineMailVaryJournalingDaily Routines Author:Xosha Roquemore
“People who had been treated inhumanly, not given a chance to secure any foot on any ladder - and all the social mores were suddenly abandoned.” PeopleGivenSocialChanceFeetTreatedSecureAbandonedLaddersGiven A Chance Author:David Bowie
“We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of.” BelieveTruthSocialBehindsFeetCapableInjusticeWho We AreMaskPersonal Truth Author:Phil McGraw