Social Quotes - Page 9
Insofar as poetry has a social function it is to awaken sleepers by other means than shock.
Denise Levertov (1973). “The poet in the world”, New Directions Publishing Corporation
Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: "The State of Individuals", 1976.
W. E. B. Du Bois (2011). “Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept”, p.20, Transaction Publishers
"The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty, & War". Book by Jacque Fresco, 2002.
1961 Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (2002). “Wisdom from Gift from the Sea”, p.21, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (2012). “Essential Works of Lenin: "What Is to Be Done?" and Other Writings”, p.361, Courier Corporation
One social evil for which the New Testament is clearly in part responsible is anti-Semitism.
Steve Allen (1990). “Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, & Morality”, Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books
The social revolution is seriously compromised if it comes through a political revolution.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (2011). “Property is Theft!: A Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Anthology”, p.20, AK Press
Socialism takes and redistributes wealth, but it is utterly incapable of creating wealth.
"Anything That's Peaceful". Book by Leonard Read, 1964.
Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.114, Sophia Institute Press
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.
George Eliot (1860). “Life and Letters”, p.565