“The privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away by sometimes imperceptible steps. Taken individually, each step may be of little consequence. But when viewed as a whole, there begins to emerge a society quite unlike any we have seen - a society in which government may intrude into the secret regions of a life.” MayLittlesSometimesWholeGovernmentSecretStepsTakenSocietyCitizensConsequenceDignityLibertarianPrivacyRegionsCivil LibertiesIndividual Liberty Author:William O. Douglas
“The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them.” HumansMadeHelpingPoorStepsPovertySocietyEvolutionWeakSteps ForwardEnding PovertyHuman Evolution Author:Maria Montessori
“Meditation means: put the mind aside and watch. The first step - LOVE YOURSELF - will help you tremendously. By loving yourself you will have destroyed much that society has implanted within you. You will have become freer from the society and its conditioning.” MindFirstsMeanHelpingStepsWatchesMeditationSocietyLove YouDestroyedLove YourselfFirst StepsWithin YouConditioningLoving YouLoving Yourself Author:Rajneesh
“He is free who knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.” KnowsDoeHandsCoursesLibertyStepsPowerKnow HowSocietyExerciseBlock Author:Salvador de Madariaga
“The day we learn to allow an ambulance to pass through in traffic, might be the first step towards being a truly responsible society.” FirstsMightStepsSocietyResponsibleFirst StepsTrafficAmbulance Author:Boman Irani
“In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes.” KidsStepsSocietyBabyAngerRaisedLeavingJust OneOur SocietyDaddyApesBaby Girl Author:Al Roker
“If you say to people that they, as a matter of fact, can't protect their conversations, in particular their political conversations, I think you take a long step toward making a transition from a free society to a totalitarian society.” PeopleIfsThinkingLongMatterFactsPoliticalStepsSocietyParticularInternetProtectConversationTransitionFree SpeechMatter Of FactFree Society Author:Whitfield Diffie
“Every step by which an individual substitutes concerted action for isolated action results in an immediate and recognizable improvement in his conditions. The advantages derived from peaceful cooperation and division of labor are universal.” ActionIndividualResultsStepsSocietyConditionsAdvantageLaborUniversalImprovementPeacefulDivisionSubstitutesCooperationIsolatedEvery StepDivision Of Labor Book:Human action: a treatise on economics Source: Human action: a treatise on economics
“Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something. You disturb the air as you go forward, you disturb the dust, the ground. You trample upon things. When a whole society moves forward, this trampling is on a much bigger scale; and each thing that you disturb, each vested interest which you want to remove, stands as an obstacle.” WantWholeMovingInterestStepsProgressAirSocietyBiggerBoundsObstaclesScalesMoving ForwardDustRemoveSteps ForwardVested Interests Author:Mahatma Gandhi