Quotes about Social commentary

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Considering our backgrounds, I found it a strange irony that Ian and I should meet in central Borneo. Both of us were se — Eric Hansen, Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo
I wrote Unwind for lots of reasons, and it poses questions about alot of subjects. To state it briefly, I wanted to poin — Neal Shusterman
Did you notice there aren’t any average kids anymore—only Gifted and Disposable? — Heather Choate Davis, Elijah & the SAT: Reflections on a hairy old desert prophet and the benchmarking of our children's lives
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is oft — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
I know the police cause you troubleThey cause trouble everywhereBut when you die and go to heavenYou find no policeman t — Woody Guthrie
I know positively - yes Rieux I can say I know the world inside out as no one on earth is free from it. And I know too t — Albert Camus, The Plague
It was mid-November 2008. There were pirates taking ships with impunity in African waters, terrorists punching holes in — Walter Mosley, Known to Evil
Last summer, in London at least, the hoodie was transformed from a benign piece of leisurewear into a uniform for the di — Mark Capell, RIOT MURDER - Myles Morgan Undercover #2
Before civilization, artists painted for the living. Today, most paint for a living. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. — Elbert Hubbard, Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book
...all these things were part of the business of dreams. He had learned not to laugh at the advertisements offering to t — Nathanael West, Miss Lonelyhearts and A Cool Million
You see man we are just fucking extras!! Extras in a capitalist blockbuster!~page 75 — Winshluss, Pinocchio
What interests me, personally, is work which in some way, speaks the truth to power…I don’t think we speak the truth to — Irvine Welsh
Immature citizens in several sizes were massed before a large factorylike structure where advanced techniques transforme — Donald Barthelme
I think it is just a matter of getting into the mind of the writer,” Vetinari went on, looking at a letter covered with — Terry Pratchett, Making Money
So you've been gone a couple days,' Alison said. 'Hmm, what'd you miss...A celebrity did drugs. Politicians disagreed. A — John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
It's not Americans I find annoying; it's Americanism: a social disease of the postindustrial world that must inevitably — Trevanian, Shibumi
Riding in a carriage without an escort is modern. But traveling out and about unescorted is unheard of. — Jordan Stratford, The Case of the Missing Moonstone
Being in prison for seven years was like being in an army that never drilled, never deployed, and only fought itself. — Raegan Butcher
When we forget our essential similarities, we forget how to get along, and that cannot but lead to prejudice, discrimina — G. Norman Lippert, James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing