Quote by Herbert Read
What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos. – 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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Intelligence
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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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The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality. – Herbert Read

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Society
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We have a society in which one of the greatest things you can do is a platform to see victim status, and one of the qualifications for that is that you have these exquisitely tender feelings about things and sensibilities which are easily offended. – Brit Hume

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Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals. – Jesse Helms

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Society

Methamphetamine is a hideous drug. Meth makes a person become paranoid, violent, and aggressive – making them a serious threat to society and law enforcement. And maybe more importantly, meth users are a threat to their own children and families. – Dirk Kempthorne

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Society

When you come in to court as a plaintiff or as a defendant, it is terribly important that you look up at the bench and feel that that person represents you and will understand you, that that person is reflective of our community and of our society. – Michael Bloomberg

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Society

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Scientific knowledge is a kind of discourse. – Jean-Francois Lyotard

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Fires all go out eventually. – Author Unknown

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Then trust me theres nothing like drinking, So pleasant on this side of the grave: It keeps the unhappy from thinking, And makes een the valiant more brave. – Charles Dibdin

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Trust

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family. – Roland Joffe

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