Quote by George Santayana
Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on. – George Santayana

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But we have created a society that does not allow opportunities for those people to take care of themselves because we have denied them those opportunities. – Muhammad Yunus

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Drama lives on conflict. If youre trying to deal with social issues seriously, theres no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society. – Michael Haneke

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Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself — at the expense of the new demands of each new generation. – John Haynes Holmes

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The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. – Theodore Roosevelt

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