“Orwell was dealing with communism and his disillusionment with communism in Russia and what he saw the communists do in Spain. His novel was a response to those political situations. Whereas I was interested in more things than the political atmosphere. I was considering the whole social atmosphere: the impact of TV and radio and the lack of education. I could see the coming event of schoolteachers not teaching reading anymore. The less they taught, the more you wouldn't need books.” NeedsBookWholePoliticalReadingSocialSituationNovelSawsTeachingEventsTaughtTvsImpactResponseRadioRussiaCommunismAtmosphereCommunistConsideringSpainDisillusionmentLack Of Education Author:Ray Bradbury
“I was always much impressed, in reading prison memoirs of revolutionists, such as Lenin and Trotsky ... by the amount of reading they did, the languages they studied, the range of their plans for a better social order. (Or rather, for a new social order.) In the Acts of the Apostles there are constant references to the Way and the New Man.” MenWayOrderReadingLanguageSocialPlansAmountConstantPrisonMemoirRangeImpressedApostlesSocial OrderTrotsky Author:Dorothy Day
“Reading is at the beginning of the social contract.” ReadingSocialContractsSocial Contract Author:Alberto Manguel
“I have been reading Madame Roland's memoirs and have come to the conclusion that she was a very over-rated woman; snobbish, vain, sentimental, envious - rather a German type. Her last days before her execution were spent in chronicling petty social snubs or triumphs of many years back. She was a democrat chiefly from envy of the noblesse.” YearsHas BeensLastsReadingSocialTypeDemocratEnvyMemoirConclusionTriumphVainExecutionSentimentalPettyEnviousLast DaySnobbish Author:Madame Roland
“The worst that can be said about pornography is that it leads not to anti-social acts but to the reading of more pornography” SaidReadingSocialWorstPornographyAnti Social Author:Gore Vidal
“Even worse than seeing women's privacy violated on social media is reading the accompanying comments that show such a lack of empathy.” ShowsReadingSocialSeeingMediaEmpathySocial MediaPrivacyCommentLack Of Empathy Author:Emma Watson
“The things which can make life enjoyable remain the same. They are, now as before, reading, music, fine arts, travel, the enjoyment of nature, sports, fashion, social vanity (knightly orders, honorary offices, gatherings) and the intoxication of the senses.” ArtOrderReadingSocialSportsMusicFashionFineTravelOfficeSensesVanityEnjoymentEnjoy LifeGatheringEnjoyableFine ArtsIntoxicationHonoraryReading Music Author:Johan Huizinga
“Rosa Luxemburg was - still is for me - a great personal and intellectual heroine. Her analysis of Leninism and capitalism and social democracy are all worth reading. I wouldn't consider anyone truly politically literate if they hadn't given her work at least some study.” IfsStillsReadingGivenSocialDemocracyStudyIntellectualCapitalismAnalysisHeroinesRosaWorth ReadingGreat PersonSocial Democracy Author:Christopher Hitchens
“In a time not distant, it will be possible to flash any image formed in thought on a screen and render it visible at any place desired. The perfection of this means of reading thought will create a revolution for the better in all our social relations.” MeanReadingSocialRevolutionPerfectionRelationScreensVisibleFlashSocial Relations Author:Nikola Tesla