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“When they had gone Demelza said:' There is so much wealth in London! Did you see that- those diamonds! And yet there is so little.' 'Little what?' 'Wealth. Those faces as we came in! They would fight for a sixpence. Sometimes I think- what little I've seen, Ross - it's as if London's half at war with itself.”

Poverty London Social Conscience

Book:The Angry Tide

Source: The Angry Tide

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. - Albert Einstein”

Evil Fascism 1930s Albert Einstein Social Conscience

Book:Midnight Burning

Source: Midnight Burning

“It’s not the word that’s important, it’s the right to say any word you want to and to form any sentence you want to, that’s the point and once they start to legally restrict what we can say and what we can’t say then we are on a slippery slope to authoritarianism.” “We’re talking about racists,” said Karen. “No one should be allowed to be racist,” said Mark. “But that’s not down to the Government or the courts,” said Rob desperately, “that should be down to us, we should make it difficult for people to be racist, we should frown upon such language and activity, it should be by peer pressure that we stop people from being abusive and unpleasant, not down to the Government.” “Why not?” demanded Karen, “they make the laws so it’s down to them to make the punishments.” “It’s not about punishment,” pressed Rob, “it’s about morality and social conscience, it’s about standing up for what’s right versus moral laziness, it’s about courage versus cowardice.”

People Freedom Society Drama Social Justice Freedom Of Speech Freedom Of Thought Freedom Of Expression Social Commentary Society Denial Society Thinking Rights And Duties Social Consciousness Social Conscience Cutlure Social Care Social Constucts

Book:Daydream Believers

Source: Daydream Believers

“we are all inescapably responsible, not only for our own actions, but for our lack of action, the morality and ethic of our silences and our avoidances, the shared guilt of hypocrisy, voyeurism, and cowardice; what might be called the “spectator-sport social conscience.”

Pain Humanity Responsibility Moral Social Conscience Ethic

Book:Paingod and Other Delusions

Source: Paingod and Other Delusions

“The man of good heart maintained that a moral crisis is produced when the same affluent Catholics (religious people) who faithfully go to mass (church) deny their workers a dignified wage. These words should be engraved on the thousand-peso note, so we never forget them.”

Religion Faith Poor Morality Empathy Ethics Charity Wages Social Conscience

Book:My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile

Source: My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile

“In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Tiny Tim is the personification of Scrooge's dormant conscience that he finally acknowledges and embraces in the end.”

Conscience Scrooge Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol Social Conscience Miser Jacob Marley Ebeneezer Scrooge Charles Dickens 1812 1870 Writer Tiny Tim

Author:Stewart Stafford

“Bigwig is a word Pollak uses a lot. It signifies a species he has always wrestled with and rebelled against. Saturated with indignation and profound disdain, the word stands for a power imbalance as inappropriate as it is unacceptable.”

Social Justice Class Struggle Class Warfare Social Inequality Social Conscience

Book:Pollaks Arm

Source: Pollaks Arm

“Theodore Roosevelt's father wrote him, "I fear for your future. We cannot stand so corrupt a government for any great length of time.”

Parenthood Civic Duty Social Conscience

Book:The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

Source: The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism

“Technological prowess does not guarantee social wisdom.”

Wisdom Technology Environment Morality Ethics Humanity And Society Social Conscience Technology And Society

Author:Wayne Gerard Trotman

“The Eric Blair who finished Eton in 1921 was a naive young snob, with little knowledge of the world beyond the confines of the British middle class. His experiences in Burma, in Paris’s Latin Quarter, among England’s destitute in London and Wigan, and particularly in Catalonia developed his social conscience and honed his commitment to the twin ideals of liberty and social justice with which he remains indelibly associated.”

Liberty Social Justice Burma George Orwell Social Conscience Eric Blair

Book:Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-first Century, Library Edition

Source: Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-first Century, Library Edition

“This is not nostalgia. It is memory — and a warning.”

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Collective Memory Social Conscience Women S Voices Political Memory Love Under Ideology Memory Vs Nostalgia Trauma Remembrance Warning From History

Book:Love in Communism: A Young Woman's Adult Story

Source: Love in Communism: A Young Woman's Adult Story

“An educator should consider that he has failed in his job if he has not succeeded in instilling some trace of a divine dissatisfaction with our miserable social environment.”

Education Awareness Conscience Social Justice Activism Conciousness Social Conscience

Author:Anthony Standen