“Now since France has three times in sixty years failed to obtain practical results from Political revolutions, all Europe is apt to press forward into new Social doctrine to regulate the future.” YearsPoliticalThreeSocialResultsRevolutionEuropePressesPracticalsDoctrineFranceSixtyThree TimesPolitical Revolution Book:Select Speeches of Kossuth Source: Select Speeches of Kossuth
“To Marx the claim of the theory of ideology is that all doctrine is a derivative of social circumstance.” SocialTheoryCircumstancesClaimsDoctrineIdeologyDerivatives Book:In Defence of Politics Source: In Defence of Politics
“Why did the consensus of Christian churches not only accept these astonishing views but establish them as the only true form of Christian doctrine? . . . these religious debates - questions of the nature of God, or of Christ - simultaneously bear social and political implications that are crucial to the development of Christianity as an institutional religion. In simplest terms, ideas which bear implications contrary to that development come to be labeled as 'heresy'; ideas which implicitly support it become 'orthodox.'” IdeasChristianFormPoliticalReligionSocialTermChristChurchReligiousViewsAcceptingChristianitySupportDevelopmentBearsContraryDebateDoctrineOrthodoxCrucialSimplestConsensusAstonishingImplicationsHeresyChristian ChurchChristian Doctrine Author:Elaine Pagels
“Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay; and claims a halo for his dishonesty.” MenSocialPayAcceptingGroupsWillingBenefitsClaimsDoctrineDishonestyPacifismHalosSocial Groups Book:Double Star Source: Double Star
“Schools need not preach political doctrine to defend democracy. If they shape men capable of critical thought and trained in social attitudes, that is all that is necessary.” IfsMenNeedsSchoolPoliticalSocialEducationAttitudeDemocracyShapesCapableCriticalDoctrine Author:Albert Einstein
“The new supplants the old. Yet men's minds are stuffed with outworn bunk. Educating the young in the latest findings of authorities and scholars in the social sciences is important. It is equally important to devise ways and means for aiding the middle-aged and old to reexamine hang-over unscientific doctrines and ideas in the light of recent discovery and research.” MenWayMindMeanImportantIdeasLightTruthYoungSocialEducationMiddleAuthorityFindingsResearchDiscoveryDoctrineScholarMiddle AgedSocial ScienceBunkHang OverEducating The Young Author:Mary Barnett Gilson