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“It is easier to show the disorder that must accompany reform than the order that should follow it.”

Should Shows Order Society Easier Reform Disorder Accompany

Author:Frederic Bastiat

“A man's reception depends upon his coat; his dismissal upon the wit he shows.”

Men Shows Society Depends Wit Coats Reception Dismissal

Author:Pierre-Jean de Beranger

“If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my defenses and hostility, and I will sing your praises and help you to make the desert bear fruit.”

Ifs Way I Can Real Helping Shows Society Teaching Bears Singing Praise Fruit Defense Desert Show Me Hostility Clinging

Author:Ralph Ellison

“When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.”

Ifs Love Children States Shows Dies Names Fear Hell Society Atheism Childhood Human Nature Adults Destruction Rage Dread Decay Corpses Inner Child Children Playing Unhappy Childhood

Author:Brian Aldiss

“The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.”

People World Inspirational Different Shows Differences Freedom Liberty Society Ready Inspirational Life Uniqueness Stopping Being Different Not Ready Contrary To Popular Belief

Author:Ashly Lorenzana

“The chief difference [between totalitarian and free countries] is that only the totalitarians appear clearly to know how they want to achieve that result, while the free world has only its past achievements to show, being by its very nature unable to offer any detailed "plan" for further growth.”

Knows World Want Country Shows Past Growth Differences Results Know How Plans Society Achieve Offers Achievement Chiefs Free World Free Country

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“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