“I have never said, as is sometimes believed, or even suggested that lower-class children should not learn the so-called educated norm of the Portuguese language of Brazil. What I have said is that the problems of language always involve ideological questions and, along with them, questions of power.” ShouldChildrenSaidSometimesProblemLanguageClassSocietyEducatedNormIdeologicalBrazilPortugueseLower Class Book:Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those who Dare Teach Source: Teachers as Cultural Workers: Letters to Those who Dare Teach
“It is an aphorism in physic, that unwholesome airs, because perpetually sucked into the lungs, do distemper health more than coarser diet used but at set times. The like may be said of society, which, if good, is a better refiner of the spirits than ordinary books.” IfsMaySaidBookUsedSpiritAirSocietyOrdinaryDietsAphorismLungs Author:Frances Osborne
“Justice is a moral virtue, merely because it has that tendency to the good of mankind, and indeed is nothing but an artificial invention to that purpose. The same may be said of allegiance, of the laws of nations, of modesty, and of good manners. All these are mere human contrivances for the interest of society.” HumansMaySaidLawPurposeNationsInterestJusticeMoralVirtueSocietyMankindMereInventionTendenciesMannersGood ManArtificialModestyAllegianceGood MannersMoral Virtues Book:A Treatise of Human Nature Source: A Treatise of Human Nature
“Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair. In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea.” MenSaidIdeasCountryMomentsJoyNationsBlackCommunityLossSocietyTearsDespairBuiltMajoritySlaveSimplicityBarackReliefUnexpectedGood ManGenocideShockingStunningLandslidesTears Of JoyA Loss For WordsUnexpected Moments Author:Michael Moore
“Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been” WorldHas BeensSaidGovernmentFormTimeFreedomSinPerfectDemocracyWiseSocietyWorstThis WorldWoeForms Of GovernmentDemocracies Have Author:Winston Churchill
“The ultimate object of education should be, Gandhi said, to help create not only a balanced and harmonious individual but also a balanced and harmonious society where true justice prevails, where there is no unnatural division between the haves and the have-nots, and where everybody is assured of a living wage and the right to live and the right to freedom.” ShouldSaidHelpingIndividualJusticeSocietyObjectsUltimateEducationalDivisionBalancedLiteracyAssuredUnnaturalHarmoniousLiving WageTrue Justice Author:Arun Manilal Gandhi
“I am not surprised that the president of the United States called this a phony scandal. I'm not surprised Secretary Clinton asked, "What difference does it make?" I'm not even surprised that Jay Carney said Benghazi happened a long time ago. I'm just surprised at how many people bought it.” PeopleLongDoeSaidStatesPoliticalPresidentDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesHappenedSocietyTrustPoliticianLong TimeClintonAssUsaSecretaryPresidencyBad AssScandalLong Time AgoPhonyBenghaziAuditory Author:Trey Gowdy
“When they took the Fourth Amendment, I was silent because I don't deal drugs. When they took the Sixth Amendment, I kept quiet because I know I'm innocent. When they took the Second Amendment, I said nothing because I don't own a gun. Now they've come for the First Amendment, and I can't say anything at all.” KnowsFirstsSaidI CanDealsSocietyDrugQuietGunSilentInnocentInnocenceAmendmentsFourthSay AnythingFirst AmendmentSecond AmendmentFourth AmendmentCollecting Things Author:Tim Freeman
“In that, we agreed with Andrew Carnegie, who said that huge fortunes that flow in large part from society should in large part be returned to society. In my case, the ability to allocate capital would have had little utility unless I lived in a rich, populous country in which enormous quantities of marketable securities were traded and were sometimes ridiculously mispriced. And fortunately for me, that describes the U.S. in the second half of the last century.” ShouldLittlesSaidCountrySometimesLastsAbilityHalfCasesRichSocietyCenturySecurityHugeFlowFortuneEnormousQuantityUtilityAndrewCarnegieEnormous Quantities Author:Warren Buffett