societal problems Quotes

I am guiding you to seek truth from the facts of the historical conditions of our society and to identify the problems. The correct solutions will come with the correct identification of the problems.

We must encourage those who earn less than $200 per month and cannot afford to nurture and educate many children never to have more than two... We will regret the time lost if we do not now take the first tentative steps towards correcting a trend which can leave our society with a large number of the physically, intellectually and culturally anemic.

In the decades since my youth, I've witnessed the explosion of fatherless families and an exponential increase in illiteracy and crime.

From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world such a dreary scene to the contemplative mind.

In one aspect, my works record the history of the development of Chinese society. Concern about the situation of Chinese reality is one important theme of my works. I am trying to ask, 'How does our society develop? What are the problems in our society? Where is our direction leading?'

Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world.

In the life of a nation, few ideas are more dangerous than good solutions to the wrong problems.

Police business is a hell of a problem. It's a good deal like politics. It asks for the highest type of men, and there's nothing in it to attract the highest type of men.

[Describing lawyers:] ... men who get their living intirely from the quarrils, follys, disputes and distresses of the Many, and the intricacy of our Laws.

The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking.

It is kind of a problem in America that so many Americans believe if they elect a different president, everything is going to be fine.

There's a lot to be done; I just see a total moral decay in our society.

If we live in a society that is stuck in victimhood, we will have lots of victims.

The place to cure most of the ills of society is in the homes of the people.

Like so many Americans, I am sick and tired of watching the rapid decline of our culture right in front of our eyes.

One of the real problems of society is that its far too atomized, what sociologists call secondary associations.

It's important for that to exist in a society that doesn't present you with any genuine problems.

There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa)

I blame all of Egypt, because they do not know how to talk to each other.

The problem in society is not kids not knowing science. The problem is adults not knowing science. They outnumber kids 5 to 1, they wield power, they write legislation. When you have scientifically illiterate adults, you have undermined the very fabric of what makes a nation wealthy and strong.

I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.

Beggars remind us that not all miseries arise from our ideas.

To leave the number of births unrestricted, as is done in most states, inevitably causes poverty among the citizens, and poverty produces crime and faction.

Foreigners see in our society virtues that we have not seen and problems that we have not seen.

The issue of infiltrators is as important as that of drinking water, education and health.