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In civilized societies, if you are offended by a cartoon, you do not burn flags, take up guns and raid buildings, chant death to your opponents, or threaten suicide bombings. You write a letter to the editor.

Michelle Malkin

Being intelligent is not a felony, but most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor.

Lazarus Long

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.

Jacques Chirac

Strengthening the social contract in societies with pervasive poverty and highly unequal distribution of income will continue to challenge many Latin American governments for some time to come.

Sebastian Briozzo

TMS appears to be an effective technique to help college freshmen resist gaining weight in an environment that is conducive to weight gain. It may even be useful in curbing the slow increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity that is characteristic of all industrialized societies.

David Levitsky

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.

John J. Sweeney

We're envisioning what societies will want.

Bruce T. Lahn

Education enables people and societies to be what they can be.

Bill Richardson

We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

Richard Dawkins

It's almost two societies, the living and the dead, and you live with them both.

John Hall Wheelock

I invite the historical societies to engage the youth in this kind of learning.

Pat Kinney

Humans have been evolving for millions of years longer in Africa than in Europe, and even anatomically modern Homo sapiens may have reached Europe from Africa only within the last 50,000 years. If time were a critical factor in the development of human societies, Africa should have enjoyed an enormous head start and advantage over Europe.

Jared Diamond

Advertising is found in societies which have passed the point of satisfying the basic animal needs.

Marion Harper, Jr.

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.

Jean Cocteau

If they are taking out patents on knowledge that is widely available here in the public domain, that is simply not on. If societies have been using it for centuries why should it be patented.

Shiv Basant

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.

Aung San Suu Kyi

I do not believe that the UAE knowingly permits terrorists to use its territory. But its desire to make itself the major hub for international trade means that Dubai's maintained an open door policy. We know that even in the most democratic societies, it's hard to close the door to those who would do us harm.

Theodore Kattouf

My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.

Dan Brown

If we want to take polar research to the next level, for example, understanding the implications of melting ice caps for ocean circulation, for different societies and economies, and how human activities contribute to these changes, we need scientists working across disciplines and international boundaries.

David Carlson

There is a strong historical correlation between open societies and honest societies and their economic progress, so over time of course, this matters a great deal.

Kalman Mizsei

It's going to be the clash of societies.

John Mccloskey

Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.

Cotton Mather

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

Daniel Goleman

Professional societies are asking why they are applying political criteria to overturn academic decisions.

Marc Stein

What we find in the fossil record doesn't always represent what was going on. Prior to the pottery age, women in all societies are working in things that don't preserve very well, such as skins and braiding fiber.

Dale Guthrie

I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.

Gloria Romero

Societies and economies can be destroyed by bombs. Societies can also be destroyed by locking every aspect of life like provision of food and water through an economic war.

Vandana Shiva

Journalists were never intended to be the cheerleaders of a society, the conductors of applause, the sycophants. Tragically, that is their assigned role in authoritarian societies, but not here -- not yet.

Chet Huntley

Civility is not something that automatically happens. Civil societies come about because people want them to.

Jimmy Bise Jr.

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.

Henry George

Internet offers the church the opportunity to make the saving message of Christ accessible throughout the world, ... In societies that don't allow the presence of priests, nuns, religious or lay missionaries, Internet can offer people undertaking a spiritual quest, or even just the curious, a chance to obtain information or find an inspiration that would otherwise be impossible.

John P. Foley

We want to exercise our right to address the governments and societies of both countries, in the search of a better understanding that will benefit both sides.

Maria Rodriguez

Evil societies always kill their consciences.

James Farmer

Maybe the greatest challenge now is to find a way to keep independence while also committing ourselves to the ties that bind people, families, and ultimately societies together.

Jane O'Reilly

The billboard is an effort to dialogue with the Cuban people. Only in totalitarian societies do governments talk and talk at their people and never listen.

Michael Parmly

Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars!

Marvin Minsky

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

Ansel Adams

In a time of deepening crisis in the underdeveloped world, of social malaise in the affluent societies . . it seems likely that Gandhi's ideas and techniques will become increasingly relevant.

Gunnar Myrdal

Cultures are rubbing against each other more than ever before in history. We need to be sensitive to ... respect, honor, dignity, and how they are viewed in different societies.

Akbar Ahmed

The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.

Northrop Frye

To have all honor societies come together for a day and share who we are on campus together is one of the many dreams I have for the society. We can accomplish so much more with unity.

Debyii Sababu Thomas

What we want her to do is strengthen the partnerships between civil societies and government, You are now the symbol of hope to many with noble expectations.

Joan Browne

It's going to be a shared set of values, a shared ethical framework that's going to be the glue that will hold together societies struggling with enormously difficult choices.

Peter Singer

We're not talking about separating two combatants, we're talking about engaging a combatant, to use deadly force, to ensure the security of the societies we're protecting.

Rob Huebert

It is every artist's fantasy to run things. I know personally, I'd be happiest as dictator of a small island. The problem is that romantic artists are usually too disorganized to run their own lives, let alone societies. And most societies are too sensible to let them try it.

Brad Holland

Most historical societies start off by trying to buy the building. We have been given the building, the top story.

Charlotte Kruman

A university is not a service station. Neither is it a political society, nor a meeting place for political societies. With all its limitations and failures, and they are invariably many, it is the best and most benign side of our society insofar as that society aims to cherish the human mind.

Richard Hofstadter

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.

Abba Eban

Documentaries have tremendous power to reveal truth and can have profound effects on societies and lives, ... It will be a pleasure to introduce these projects to local and international audiences through EIDF 2005.

Paul Kim

From prehistoric times until today, humanity's dealings with water have greatly influenced the sustainability of societies.

Koichiro Matsuura

The condition of women in Islamic societies as a whole is also far from desirable. However, we should acknowledge that there are differences. In certain countries, the conditions are much better and in others much worse.

Shirin Ebadi

Here in Toronto, the Canadian model is showcased for the world to see. It is an achievement that has eluded many societies and one that we Canadians sometimes take for granted, and that is unfortunate.

Michaelle Jean

Having Chinese leaders come to Yale is a good way (to create) more understanding between the two societies.

Zhiwu Chen