Society

"There are more slaves today than at any point in history. 12-27 million forced to work at subsistence pay under threat of violence. The US government estimates 50,000 people work in hidden bondage.  90% are used for sex, indentured domestics ...

"It's too bad the people who really know how to run the country are so busy cutting hair and driving taxis." - George Burns ...

"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 ...

"We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the moneymaking street, we ...

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

"The young always have the same problem — how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their elders and copying one another."          - Quentin Crisp ...

"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 ...

"In this country “American” means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate."              - Toni Morrison ...

"It is especially for you, young peo­ple, to take on the great task of building a society where there will be more justice and solidarity." - Pope Francis ...

“You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.” - Norman Douglas ...