“Dying well is part of living well and one day our society will surely recognize that. But I suppose we'll only know that we've reached that promised land on the day that the President of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society begins his address to the Annual General Meeting with the words: 'Tremendous news for the society. It's been our most successful year ever. So successful, indeed, that we now have no members at all.” KnowsYearsWellsPresidentSuccessfulLandDyingOne DayMembersNewsMeetingsAddressesOur SocietyAnnualsLive WellEuthanasiaPromised LandDying Well Author:Victor Lewis-Smith
“To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and valued members.” ShouldWellsPersonsDifferentAbilityMembersIncludingOur SocietyAutismIntegratedAutistic Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Our society is monstrously disjunctive, at once so efficient in war and so inefficient in caring for the welfare of its members. It is frightening to see people rooting in garbage pails on streets, living in cardboard crates under bridges, while their government wages war. Even when there is an emergency in a household, decent parents do not forget to feed the children.” PeopleChildrenWarGovernmentParentForgetPovertyStreetsMembersCaringBridgesWelfareDecentOur SocietyEfficientHouseholdFrighteningWagesEmergenciesGarbage Book:PROSPECT: The Journal of an Artist Source: PROSPECT: The Journal of an Artist
“As the worldly philosophers of the past affirmed, the goal of economics is to improve the way society functions. In The New Financial Order, Robert Shiller joins this proud tradition by directing his brilliant economic skills toward the creation of financial institutions designed to reduce the risks an unknown future visits on most members of our society and others. Shiller's imaginative and compelling analysis will appeal to all readers who share his passion for initiating not only a richer, but a better, century.” WayPastOrderPassionGoalRiskShareEconomicCenturyCreationReaderProudSkillsMembersEconomicsTraditionFunctionInstitutionsFinancialPhilosopherBrilliantAppealsAnalysisOur SocietyCompellingWorldlyImaginativeFinancial InstitutionsUnknown Future Author:Peter L. Bernstein
“I do not believe in genetic causes; I am miles away from there. I believe rather that all people who embrace our [european] values, our laws and our constitution are full members of our society.” PeopleBelieveLawValuesI BelieveCausesMembersConstitutionEmbraceMilesOur SocietyMiles Away Author:Geert Wilders
“Everybody complains about pork, but members of Congress keep spending because voters do not throw them out of office for doing so. The rotten system in Congress will change only when the American people change their beliefs about the proper role of government in our society. Too many members of Congress believe they can solve all economic problems, cure all social ills, and bring about worldwide peace and prosperity simply by creating new federal programs. We must reject unlimited government and reassert the constitutional rule of law if we hope to halt the spending orgy.” PeopleIfsBelieveProblemGovernmentLawBeliefSocialRolesEconomicMembersOfficeCreatingProgramCongressProsperitySolveSpendingComplainingCuresOur SocietyRejectsVotersUnlimitedRottenRule Of LawHaltLimited GovernmentPorkEconomic ProblemsRole Of Government Author:Ron Paul
“Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.” GivingHas BeensUsedSpeechMembersCourtSupremeOur SocietyImmenseFree SpeechSupreme Court Author:Noam Chomsky
“Affirmative action ignores our society's real minorities - members of the disadvantaged classes, no matter what their race. We have this ludicrous bureaucratic sense that certain racial groups, regardless of class, are minorities. So what happens is those "minorities" at the very top of the ladder get chosen for everything.” RealMatterHappensActionCertainRaceClassGroupsMembersNo Matter WhatChosenMinoritiesOur SocietyLaddersAffirmative ActionAffirmativeDisadvantaged Author:Richard Rodriguez
“There's just so many facets, I think, of the ignorance in our society that have to be corrected if we're really going to have a democratic society and a society that is just and that respects all of the members of this society regardless of who they are, what color they may be, what sexual orientation that they have or what gender, you know, they happen to be.” IfsThinkingKnowsMayHappensIgnoranceColorMembersDemocraticGenderOur SocietyOrientationFacetsThis SocietyDemocratic Society Author:Dolores Huerta
“One thing that I'd just remind young people of is that when John Lewis, who's a member of Congress today, defied George Wallace and led the march from Selma to Montgomery, he was 23 years old. Martin Luther King was the old man in the bunch, and he was 35, so young people need to know that they've always been an important part of our society, have always been at the forefront of pushing for a more just America, and we can't be successful without the impatience, the vigor that young people bring to the fight for social justice.” PeopleKnowsMenNeedsYearsImportantTodayAmericaYoungFightingSocialJusticeSuccessfulOne ThingKingsMembersSocial JusticeCongressBunchBeing SuccessfulOur SocietyPushingMarchOld ManLutherImpatienceVigorMontgomeryGeorge Wallace Author:Keith Ellison
“In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nation's laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes.” NeedsBelieveLawNationsViewsCrimeTerribleMembersResourcesAbuseHarmVulnerableOur SocietyChild AbuseExploitationViciousSeriousnessOutrageousAbused Children Author:Bob Ney