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“The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.”

Roles Society Function Anger Presses Making Money

Author:A. J. Liebling

“It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.”

Government Fall Community Liberty Society Citizens Function Errors Libertarian Citizenship Freedom And Liberty Freedom Liberty Limited Government Limited Freedom America Freedom Drug Prohibition Controlling Government Justice Truth

Author:Robert H. Jackson

“The vocation, whether it be that of the farmer or the architect, is a function; the exercise of this function as regards the man himself is the most indispensable means of spiritual development, and as regards his relation to society the measure of his worth.”

Men Mean Spiritual Spirituality Society He Man Development Exercise Function Relation Regard Farmers Architect Indispensable Vocation Spiritual Development

Book:Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art

Source: Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art

“The corporations plainly want academic scholarship to create a web of mystification that will avoid any public awareness of the way in which power actually functions in the society, and the faculty has caught the message and they do it magnificently.”

Way Want Power Society Awareness Messages Function Critics Caught Philosopher Corporations Faculty Historian Academic Avoiding Scholarship Linguists Social Awareness

Book:Language and Politics

Source: Language and Politics

“A great society is a society in which its men of business think greatly of their functions.”

Thinking Men Society Function Great Society

Book:Adventures of Ideas

Source: Adventures of Ideas

“In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.”

Ifs World Want Art Helping Shows Artist Social Change Break Society Function Truthful Decay Social Change Being Truthful

Book:The necessity of art: a Marxist approach

Source: The necessity of art: a Marxist approach