It is better, as far as getting the vote is concerned, I believe, to have a small, united group than an immense debating society.
Much of the misgiving that Muslims feel for the West stems from our strong emphasis on freedom, always a risky enterprise. I've heard some say they would rather rear their children in a closely guarded Islamic society than in the United States, where freedom so often leads to decadence.
In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.
It's easy to say, 'I'm anti-capitalist,' or, 'I'm anti-Western decadence,' without having to be challenged about what that actually means, or how you might go about reshaping society to make it better.
To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.
There's a lot to be done; I just see a total moral decay in our society.
In the literal sense, there has been no relevant evolution since the trek from Africa. But there has been substantial progress towards higher standards of rights, justice and freedom - along with all too many illustrations of how remote is the goal of a decent society.
We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
In Plains, I saw Jimmy Carter as he really is - a nice, decent man... in terms of compassionate contribution to society, he certainly has proven to be our best past president.
We are a society that has been structured from top to bottom by race. You don't get beyond that by deciding not to talk about it anymore. It will always come back; it will always reassert itself over and over again.
Clearly, the decision-making that we rely on in society is fallible. It's highly fallible, and we should know that.
There is no society ever discovered in the remotest corner of the world that has not had something that we would consider the arts. Visual arts - decoration of surfaces and bodies - appears to be a human universal.
I was a product of the society that said women are for decoration, and I do think girls should be able to do whatever they want.
As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.
The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction.
The conservative is the one who understands his own society from within and loves and defends it.
Does any woman really just come in and say, 'I'm a plus-size woman?' Maybe as a defense mechanism or maybe as a way to kind of cope with fitting into society but... I just think it's divisive.
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.
Every one of us is a perfect human being, deformed by the family, the society and the culture.
