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“In a society run by terror, no statements whatsoever can be taken seriously. They are all forced, and it is the duty of every honest man to ignore them.”

― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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“Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one.”

― Karl Marx, Das Kapital

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“Hence Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the labourer, unless under compulsion from society.”

― Karl Marx, Das Kapital

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“Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of Heaven as a short cut to the nearest chemist's shop.”

― C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

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“Everything is connected. Concern for the environment thus needs to be joined to a sincere love for our fellow human beings and an unwavering commitment to resolving the problems of society.”

― Pope Francis, Laudato si'

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“Yet command and obedience are but unfortunate necessities of human life: society in equality is its normal state.”

― John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women

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“With the destruction of our social fabric, science will be broken into a million pieces. Individuals will know much of exceedingly tiny facets of what there is to know.”

― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

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“Yes, the money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilisation. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than...”

― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Looking Forward

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“Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

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“Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of the society, which he has in view. But the study of his own...”

― Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

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