George Burns Quote – Run The Country
“It’s too bad the people who really know how to run the country are so busy cutting hair and driving taxis.” – George Burns
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Aung San Suu Kyi Quote – Women Are Not Merely Tolerated
“In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.” – Aung San Suu Kyi
Read moreToni Morrison Quote – American
“In this country “American” means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.” – Toni Morrison
Read moreJean-Jacques Rousseau Quote – The Fruits Of The Earth
“The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not anyone have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the […]
Read moreCardinal Francis George Quote – Rebuild Civilization
“It is likely that I will die in my bed. My successor will die in prison. His successor will die executed in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in human history.” – Cardinal Francis George
Read moreOld Greek Proverb – A Society Grows Great
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Old Greek proverb
Read moreAdlai Stevenson Quote – A Free Society
“A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” – Adlai Stevenson
Read moreIvan Illich Quote – Consumer Society
“In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.” – Ivan Illich
Read moreTheodore M. Hesburgh Quote – Inequality
“The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to grow together, in America. But color was something else. Reds were murdered like wild animals. Yellows were characterized as a peril and incarcerated en masse during World War II for no really good reason by our most liberal […]
Read morePope John Paul II Quote – Civilization Worthy Of The Human Person
“Each and every human person has been created in the “image and likeness” of the One who is the origin of all that Is. We have within us the capacities for wisdom and virtue. With these gifts, and with the help of God’s grace, we can build in the next millennium a civilization worthy of the human person, a true […]
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