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Society and Social Structure

Quotations from the Wayside

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
JANE ADDAMS

Unless the promises of our civilization are soon fulfilled, civilization will die.
GORDON W. ALLPORT

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom.
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT

If strangers meet life begins.
E. E. CUMMINGS

A civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within.
WILL DURANT

The things that divide the world are trivial as compared with the things that unite it.
RAYMOND FOSDICK

A civilization is to be judged by its treatment of
minorities.
MOHANDAS K. GANDHI

The ideal society is not a choir singing in unison, but a symphony playing in harmony.
PETER GAY

The only basis for a nation’s prosperity is a religious regard for the rights of others.
ISOCRATES

Where there is no vision, the people perish.
PROVERBS 29:18

Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
PSALMS 133:1

In our best moments we rise above lines that separate people from people.
CURTIS W. REESE

If you think the world is all wrong, remember that it contains people like you.
HENRY H. SAUNDERSON

It is never too soon for a nation to save itself; it can be too late.
CHARLES E. SILBERMAN

The aim of government is not to rule by fear, but to free every person from fear.
SPINOZA

The world knows that the few are more than the many.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

The supreme task of our generation is to give a soul to world consciousness.
PAUL WEISS

Every status quo is a prison to the human spirit.
HENRY NELSON WIEMAN

We are participants, whether we would or not, in the life of the world.
WOODROW WILSON

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