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“Government by the people for the people becomes meaningless unless it includes major economic decision-making by the people for the people. This is not simply an economic matter. In essence it is an ethical and moral question, for whoever takes the important economic decisions in society ipso facto determines the social priorities of that society.”

People Important Matter Government Social Decision Moral Economic Majors Essence Determine Priorities Decision Making Ethical Meaningless

Author:Jimmy Reid

“A love of classical music is only partially a natural response to hearing the works performed, it also must come about by a decision to listen carefully, to pay close attention, a decision inevitably motivated by the cultural and social prestige of the art.”

Art Social Natural Decision Pay Attention Music Is Response Hearing Motivated Classical Music Prestige Classic Music

Book:Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist

Source: Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist

“Informal relationships are not mere minor interstitial supplements to the major institutions of society. These informal relationships not only include important decision-making processes, such as the family, but also produce much of the background social capital without which the other major institutions of society could not function nearly as effectively as they do.”

Important Social Process Decision Produce Majors Function Institutions Mere Backgrounds Decision Making Minors Supplements Important Decisions Decision Making Process Social Capital

Book:Knowledge And Decisions

Source: Knowledge And Decisions

“I would in fact tend to have more confidence in the outcome of a democratic decision if there was a minority that voted against it, than if it was unanimous... Social psychology has amply shown the strength of this bandwagon effect.”

Ifs Facts Social Decision Psychology Effects Democratic Outcomes Minorities Social Psychology Bandwagon

Author:Jurgen Habermas

“The decisions of the courts on economic and social questions depend on their economic and social philosophy.”

Philosophy Social Decision Economic Depends Court

Book:The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations

Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations

“Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a course of social justice to get everyone that wanted a home into one, regardless of whether or not they could afford it.”

Home Wanted Courses Social Justice Decision Forget Roots Crisis Social Justice Financial Congress Financial Crisis

Author:Ed Royce

“my choices were partly conditioned by the two great laws - of biology and sociology - for I do not conceive of myself outside of them. ... Inside every biological and social situation I am free to make decisions.”

Two Law Choices Social Decision Situation Biology Sociology

Author:Nina Berberova

“Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.”

Character Social Decision Strategy Interaction Traits Social Interaction Niceness Character Trait

Book:The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence

Source: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence

“Social reform is the desperate decision to remove corns from a person suffering from cancer.”

Persons Suffering Social Decision Cancer Reform Desperate Remove Corn Social Reform

Book:Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms