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The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual

The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. – Herbert Read

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The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason. – Herbert Read

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The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. – Herbert Read

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Attitude
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It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. – Herbert Read

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I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life Ive done a lot of strange jobs, and the effect has been to make me think a little more skeptically about our capitalist society. – George Saunders

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Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in. – Peter Medawar

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Our whole society is instantaneous. – Bryan Cranston

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I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those cant. – Frances OGrady

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