“I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid of our society. For in these words: "Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," lie those very moral principles that will enable us to survive even the most critical situations.” MomentsLyingValuesSituationMoralPrinciplesEternalMessagesUniversalCriticalConvincedAidsNeighborOur SocietyThyselfMoral PrinciplesLove Thy Neighbor Author:Boris Yeltsin
“American teens have the worst of all worlds ... Our children are bombarded and confronted with sexual messages, sexual exploitation, and all manner of sexual criticism. But our society is by and large sexually illiterate.” WorldChildrenWorstMessagesCriticismOur ChildrenOur SocietyTeensExploitationSexuallyIlliterateBombarded Author:Faye Wattleton
“Jail sentences have many functions, but one is surely to send a message about what our society abhors and what it values. This week, the equation was twofold: female infidelity twice as bad as male abuse, the life of a woman half as valuable as that of a man. The killing of the woman taken in adultery has a long history and survives today in many cultures. One of those is our own.” MenLongTodayLawValuesCultureHalfTakenWeekMessagesFemaleAbuseFunctionMalesKillingInjusticeValuableSentencesOur SocietyJailMisogynyInfidelityEquationsAdultery Author:Anna Quindlen
“Don't be afraid of failure. That's not an easy lesson for teenagers - especially teenage girls - to learn. Our society sends us a lot of messages that imply we're supposed to be ashamed when we fall short. But I think we should be throwing each other failure parties!” ThinkingShouldFallGirlEasyPartySocietyFailurePoliticianLessonsMessagesShameLawyerSupposed To BeTeenagerAshamedOur SocietyThrowingEncouragingTeenageFear Of FailureTeenage GirlAfraid Of Failure Author:Reshma Saujani
“We did a campaign here with New York Times. We had a great ad: "Today in America, someone will kill an elephant for a bracelet." We became sensitized in our society. Now there are four or five billion people in Asia who need to get this message. We need to use social media, print magazines, celebrities - anything we can to share this message. It's not cool, it's not okay. You are destroying beautiful animals. You are robbing a continent of its wealth. And you are hurting a lot of innocent people.” PeopleNeedsUseTodayAmericaBeautifulSocialHurtWealthAnimalFiveFourShareMediaNew YorkMessagesOkaySocial MediaBillionsCampaignsInnocentMagazinesOur SocietyPrintDestroyingAdsContinentsElephantsAsiaNew York TimesRobbingBraceletNot Okay Author:Patrick Bergin
“Making prostitution legalized gives our society a message that sex is not sacred/private between two adults - that sex can be bought and sold just like any object. But prostitutes are people, not objects to be consumed, used and discarded like trash when they are no longer doing what each client/trafficker wants.” PeopleWantGivingTwoUsedSexObjectsMessagesAdultsSacredOur SocietyClientsTrashConsumedProstitutionDiscarded Author:Annie Lobert
“We ourselves are imbued with urgency, yet the message of our society is' that there is no viable alternative to the present.” MessagesAlternativesOur SocietyUrgency Author:Tom Hayden
“What is the emotion of an empty inbox? An unliked Post? An ignored dating app message? I think there's a great loneliness that much of our society is running from, and we search for relief in our phones and computers, our online communities, our social networks of friends.” ThinkingRunningSocialCommunityEmotionLonelinessComputerMessagesEmptyDatingPhonesPostsReliefOur SocietyOnlineIgnoredSocial NetworkAppsInbox Author:Alexander Weinstein
“When one is that powerful and one think life will last like that forever, it is simply the most ephemeral thing. I don't think these sons and daughters of drug dealers are contributing to a lasting peace nor to human values that add to our society. They're delivering the message of riches and power that comes at the cost of people's lives and health and they incentivize young people to follow this model.” PeopleThinkingHumansLastsYoungValuesPowerfulForeverSonCostDrugMessagesModelsDaughterAddRichesOur SocietyLastingContributingDealerDeliveringEphemeralHuman ValuesSon And DaughterDrug Dealers Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“The disturbed individual who believes himself to be Christ, or to receive messages from God, is something of a cliche in our society. Ever since Sigmund Freud, many people have associated religiosity with neurosis and mental illness.” PeopleBelieveIndividualChristMessagesIllnessMental IllnessOur SocietyClicheDisturbedNeurosis Author:Robert Winston