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«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.»
Author: Northrop Frye
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affectionate, ancient Egypt, ancient people, convention, Egypt, gregarious, shepherd, societies, The Shepherd
«We can imagine a society in which no one could survive as a social being because it does not correspond to biologically determined perceptions and human social needs. For historical reasons, existing societies might have such properties, leading to various forms of pathology.»
Author: Avram Noam Chomsky
(Activist, Linguist)
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biologically, correspond, existing, historical, Human perception, pathology, perceptions, properties, societies, various
«War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.»
«The problem is this. The spread of markets outpaces the ability of societies and their political systems to adjust to them, let alone to guide the course they take»
Author: Kofi Annan
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Ability,
Problems
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adjust, let alone, markets, outpace, outpaces, political system, political systems, societies, systems
«The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(President)
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Secrets
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historically, oaths, Open society, proceedings, repugnant, secrecy, secret societies, secret society, societies
«We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down. Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies and benefiting from their success -- only then can societies remain economically alive, dynamic, progressive, and free. Trust the people. This is the one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development.»
Author: Ronald Reagan
(President)
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allowed, Bottom Up, contradicting, controls, deciding, dynamic, economic, economically, Economic development, economic growth, Economic policies, Free market, free spirit, fulfillment, invent, irrefutable, market, notion, period, Personal development, policies, postwar, progressive, rigid, societies, stake, ultimately
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