“This world of ours is a new world, in which the unit of knowledge, the nature of human communities, the order of society, the order of ideas, the very notions of society and culture have changed, and will not return to what they have been in the past. What is new is new, not because it has never been there before, but because it has changed in quality.” WorldHumansHas BeensIdeasPastOrderCultureCommunityQualityProgressThis WorldChangedReturnNotionNew WorldUnitsSociety And Culture Book:Uncommon Sense Source: Uncommon Sense
“Progress never defines its ultimate objective but thrusts its victims at once into an infinite series,' Mr. [John Crowe] Ransom said' 'Industrialism,' he declared, 'is rightfully a menial, of almost miraculous cunning, but no intelligence; it needs to be strongly governed, or it will destroy the economy of the household. Only a community of tough conservative habit can master it.” NeedsSaidCommunityEconomyProgressMastersHabitToughUltimateInfiniteVictimSeriesConservativeObjectivesHouseholdCunningMiraculousThrustRansom Author:Richard M. Weaver
“No matter how far society “progresses,” our thirst for community and connection will never diminish. Bars satisfy this need.” NeedsMatterCommunityProgressConnectionsBarsThirstDiminish Author:Jon Taffer
“There is one lesson from the past, in particular, that we cannot afford to ignore: You cannot make progress on gender equality or broader human development, without safeguarding women's reproductive health and rights.” HumansWisdomRealityPastPoliticsCommunityLeadershipJusticeHistoryRightsProgressGenerationsPolicyParticularDevelopmentLessonsEqualEthicsStrategyUnityHuman RightsGenderIdeologyEqual RightsGender EqualityHuman DevelopmentReproductive HealthSafeguarding Author:Hillary Clinton
“As nature requires whirlwinds and cyclones to release its excessive force in a violent revolt against its own existence, so the spirit requires a demonic human being from time to time whose excessive strength rebels against the community of thought and the monotony of moralityonly by looking at those beyond its limits does humanity come to know its own utmost limits.” KnowsHumansDoeSpiritHumanityForceCommunityHuman BeingsExistenceProgressLimitsViolentReleaseRebelRevoltMonotonyDemonicCyclonesExcessive Force Author:Stefan Zweig
“At the same time, old confrontations have taken on frightening urgency, especially the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir and the violent stalemate in the Middle East. Progress on these and other global challenges requires us to develop a larger strategy for American foreign policy, rooted in a fundamental commitment to move the world from interdependence to an integrated global community committed to peace and prosperity, freedom and security.” WorldMovingPeaceCommunityChallengesTakenProgressMiddleSecurityPolicyConflictCommitmentIndiaFundamentalsStrategyCommittedProsperityEastViolentForeign PolicyMiddle EastRootedFrighteningPakistanConfrontationUrgencyIntegratedInterdependenceKashmirAmerican Foreign PolicyGlobal CommunityStalemateIndia Pakistan Author:William J. Clinton
“The most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic. They invest their students in working harder than they ever have to reach that vision, maximise their classroom time in a goal-oriented manner through purposeful planning and effective execution, reflect constantly on their progress to improve their performance over time, and do whatever it takes to overcome the many challenges they face.” YearsBelieveEndsFacesGoalCommunityChallengesLeaderVisionSuccessfulTeacherProgressStudentsLowsPerformancesOvercomingHarderPlanningIncomePerformingClassroomExecutionWhatever It TakesLow IncomeGoal OrientedSuccessful Leaders Author:Wendy Kopp
“Have I said clearly enough that the Community we created is not an end in itself? It is a process of change, continuing in that same process which in an earlier period produced our national forms of life. The sovereign nations of the past can no longer solve the problems of the present: they cannot ensure their own progress or control their own future. And the Community itself is only a stage on the way of the organized world of tomorrow.” WorldWaySaidEndsEnoughProblemPastFormNationsProcessCommunityProgressStageTomorrowPeriodsSolveOrganizedContinuingSovereignProcess Of Change Author:Jean Monnet
“I am prepared to maintain that Honesty is essentially an anarchistic and disintegrating force in society, that communities are held together and the progress of civilization made possible only by vigorous and sometimes even, violent Lying; that the Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good.” HumansMadeSometimesTogetherLyingForceSocialCommunityHuman BeingsProgressHonestyCivilizationPreparedViolentContractsConspiracyVigorousSocial ContractHumbug Author:H. G. Wells
“Over the four years we have made massive progress: winning the League Championship (97/98); building the largest club stadium in the UK (60,000 seats); having the largest support (52,000 season book holders) of any club in Britain. This has been achieved by everyone who cares about Celtic working together towards a shared vision of football success and pride in a club which is part of our culture, open to all and a responsible member of the community working to help others where it can.” YearsHas BeensMadeBookHelpingCareTogetherCultureWinningCommunityVisionSupportFourProgressBuildingFootballPrideMembersSeasonsResponsibleClubsHelping OthersLeagueSeatsBritainWorking TogetherMassiveFour YearsChampionshipWho CaresStadiumsCelticShared Vision Author:Fergus McCann
“Should a community... be free to enact legislation to say they don't want blacks? Now that's illegal. Fifty years ago it was legal. Is that progress or is that regress?” WantShouldYearsCommunityProgressYears AgoFiftyIllegalLegislation Author:Noam Chomsky
“Progress is not automatic, it depends on what we do every day. So any statement of ownership of our own bodies, however that occurs in our individual lives or our community or our collective lives, is crucial.” BodyLife IsIndividualCommunityProgressDependsStatementsCollectivesCrucialOwnershipOur CommunityIndividual Life Author:Gloria Steinem
“I don't suspect that in many instances the artists who are dedicated in that fashion to the progress of that community are as well protected by the community as might be necessary.” WellsMightArtistCommunityProgressFashionInstanceSuspectsDedicatedProtected Author:Gil Scott-Heron
“As an organisation [Not for Sale] we use social media on a daily basis as a way to share the impact of how our support is having on individuals and communities. By building awareness, education and updating interested parties on the progress of the projects.” WayUseIndividualSocialCommunityPartySupportProgressShareAwarenessMediaBuildingProjectsBasesImpactSocial MediaOrganisation Author:David Batstone
“We were segregated throughout the community, and it was pretty brutal, actually. It didn't appear to be, on the surface.People got along and we had great relationships, but there was discrimination that impacted adversely the ability of the African-American community to progress. People did not - were in denial about that fact.” PeopleFactsCommunityAbilityProgressSurfaceDiscriminationAfrican AmericanDenialBrutalGreat Relationship Author:Jeff Sessions
“After two decades of reconstruction work, I want to work on projects that lay at the intersection of cultural diplomacy and national identity - ones that empower local communities to define progress, not have it sanctioned by others.” WantTwoCommunityProgressIdentityProjectsLaysDecadesLocalsEmpoweringDiplomacyReconstructionIntersectionsLocal CommunityNational Identity Author:Cameron Sinclair
“The parts of a machine work with a maximum of cooperativeness for a common result, but they do not form a community. If, however, they were all cognizant of the common end and all interested in it so that they regulated their specific activity in view of it, then they would form a community. But this would involve communication. Each would have to know what the other was about and would have to have some way of keeping the other informed as to his own purpose and progress.” IfsKnowsWayEndsFormPurposeCommunityResultsViewsCommonProgressCommunicationActivityMachinesMaximumCognizant Book:The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 9: 1916, Democracy and Education Source: The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 9: 1916, Democracy and Education
“The thing to do is just make sure that as part of a disability community, we're not isolating ourselves by drawing differences for the sake of progress.” CommunityDifferencesProgressSakeDrawingThings To DoDisability Author:Zach Anner
“I think that changing stereotypes and attitudes, it takes time. As we progress and we have more women astronauts and more women in construction sites and everything else, then we're making progress. Discrimination is deeply embedded in our community, but we do have the tools to combat it.” ThinkingCommunityAttitudeProgressDiscriminationConstructionTake TimeStereotypeAstronautEmbeddedIt Takes Time Author:Carolyn Maloney
“Any criminal act against any individual or institution in India is to be condemned. The attackers must be strongly punished as per law. I have said this before and I say it again: any discrimination or violence against any community will not be tolerated. My position on this is very clear: Sab ka saath, sab ka vikas. We stand for every one of the 1.25 billion Indians regardless or caste or creed and we will work for the progress of every one of them.” IndividualCommunityProgressViolenceDiscrimination Author:Narendra Modi
“Black women must help black men understand their full potential lies not in denying black women full access to their humanity and opportunity, but in working diligently to overcome the odds that hamper our progress. Yes, some of that is self-imposed, and we must confront it; and much of it comes from outside. But without courageous and brilliant black women, our communities are greatly diminished.” MenHelpingLyingHumanityOpportunityBlackCommunityProgressOvercomingBrilliantCourageousBlack Women Author:Michael Eric Dyson