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“No one can learn tolerance in a climate of irresponsibility, which does not produce democracy. The act of tolerating requires a climate in which limits may be established, in which there are principles to be respected. That is why tolerance is not coexistence with the intolerable. Under an authoritarian regime, in which authority is abused, or a permissive one, in which freedom is not limited, one can hardly learn tolerance. Tolerance requires respect, discipline, and ethics.”

May Doe Principles Democracy Society Produce Discipline Limits Authority Ethics Climate Tolerance Regimes Coexistence Irresponsibility

Author:Paulo Freire

“The revulsion from an unwanted self, and the impulse to forget it, mask it, slough it off and lose it, produce both a readiness to sacrifice the self and a willingness to dissolve it by losing one's individual distinctness in a compact collective whole.”

Self Whole Individual Loses Forget Sacrifice Society Produce Losing Impulse Mask Collectives Willingness Forget It Readiness Unwanted Compact Revulsion Slough

Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER

Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER

“It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. It behooves the well-intentioned, therefore, vigorously to watch the tendency of even their most highly prized institutions, since that which was established in the interests of the right, may so easily become the agent of the wrong.”

Wells May Evil Interest Principles Watches Virtue Society Produce Integrity Aim Institutions Corruption Tendencies Agents Agency Productive Governing

Author:James F. Cooper

“How are we going to make our livings in a society becoming increasingly jobless because of hi-tech and outsourcing? Where will we get the imagination to recognize that for most of human history the concept of Jobs didn't even exist? Work, as distinguished from Labor, was done to produce needed goods and services, develop skills and artistry, and nurture cooperation.”

“We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are still called upon to give aid to the beggar who finds himself in misery and agony on life's highway. But one day, we must ask the question of whether an edifice which produces beggars must not be restructured and refurbished.”

Giving Stills Whole Certain Asks Poverty Society Produce One Day Raises Moved Misery Aids Eras Agony Highways Beggar Edifice Root Cause

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed.”

Source: Ayn Rand Novel Collection

“If we want to produce people who share the values of a democratic culture, they must be taught those values and not be left to acquire them by chance.”

People Ifs Want Values Culture Left Chance Business Society Share Produce Taught Ethics Democratic Acquire

Book:The death of ethics in America

Source: The death of ethics in America

“Jefferson thought schools would produce free men: we prove him right by putting dropouts in jail.”

Men School Society Produce Prove Jail Free Man Dropouts

Book:A Passion for Democracy: American Essays

Source: A Passion for Democracy: American Essays

“It is only when you run away from what society wants you to do with your time and then invest that time into doing what you were born to do that you can attain greatness and live a fulfilled life.”

Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?

“The recession and regression of any society are always an indication of how poorly the citizens of that country understand the value of time.”

Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?

“To not know what to do during the vacations is just a proof that society and the school system has stolen your life from you.”

Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?

“Society has got a lot of activities and attractions to steal your time and to make you think less about your diminishing life.”

Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?

“Whatever it is you have been called to do, if you will invest time into perfecting it, you will soon be reckoned among the great in your society.”

Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?