Frei Otto Quotes

We have been talking with leaders: Change is coming; you can no longer have a closed regime with an open society - satellites, social media, the Internet - you have this kind, this kind of society moving forward, and you are running this closed regime; this is not sustainable. This cannot continue.

My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it. But I can empower them. I can support them, and I can help them.

American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.

We're living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don't work in this new society and the more we try to stretch them to make them fit, the more we will be seen as running away from what is reality.

The thing I really care about is the mission, making the world open.

The Great Society has arrived and the task of our generation is to bring it under control.

When the object is to raise the permanent condition of a people, small means do not merely produce small effects; they produce no effect at all.

The social goals are the most difficult to achieve in the development of any country.

The country is moving to a more open society.

The United States was founded on a revolution that abolished the monarchy, aristocracy, titles and primogeniture. Britain may be able in the future to become a more equal and open society while retaining all of these things. But this has yet to be proved.

One of the things I most admire about America is they have created a genuine melting pot society, a country of opportunity; you can be of any religion, colour, ethnicity, persuasion and make it to the top of your chosen field. And that's something I admire about America and hope they continue with.

I am not shy. I am for an open society. I am for a progressive world. I do not propose to reform France; I propose to transform it at its deepest level.

The class barricades have been stormed by the forces of a broad culture, which is made up of clusters of individuals who have decided for themselves what they will be in society.

Nelson Mandela understood that social transformation and economic transformation go hand in hand.

I believe that we have a duty to look frankly at the social conditions around us and to work to do what we can to address the specific needs which we find.

I believe growth should be constant, sustained and inclusive. It's only meaningful if these three things are there. Otherwise they're just economic figures.

The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development.

The Enlightenment diamond-shaped society, with a huge, prosperous, socially-mobile, empowered middle class, is by far the most productive and creative system the world has ever seen.

'Selma' is a story about voice - the voice of a great leader; the voice of a community that triumphs despite turmoil; and the voice of a nation striving to grow into a better society. I hope the film reminds us that all voices are valuable and worthy of being heard.

I want society to feel they are part of a process of change.

'The Sound of Silk' will serve as a lens for larger questions about cultural identity in a global society and the potential for individuals to act as catalysts for change.

I am so excited that society is taking so much interest in the disability sector and our belief in inclusion is getting so much media coverage.

People realise that if Labour is to fulfil its founding goal of transforming our economic and political system into a more equal, free and truly democratic society, which provides security and life-changing opportunities to the British people, then there is no going back.

We should be teaching young girls to take up space. Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing yourself.

We can't continue with this social democracy here in Brazil.