"Today, as in the Gilded Age, we live in a world where a morality of personal responsibility rubs shoulders with a culture of greed and of flagrant social irresponsibility. Now as then, business has shed its collective responsibility for employees - just as government has for its citizens."

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Source : Charles Derber (2015). “Sociopathic Society: A People's Sociology of the United States”, p.107, Routledge

Charles Derber

#Responsibility Quotes #Government Quotes #Greed Quotes

“I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism”
“I am a Patsy Cline fan.”

Source : Interview with David Wolinsky, music.avclub.com. October 26, 2010.
“Freedom would be meaningless without security in the home and in the streets.”
“Find the Silver Lining: When things don't work out the way you wish, always look for some positive outcome to the situation working out the way it did. For example, you can always be grateful that things didn't turn out even worse.”
“...it is easy not to believe in monsters, considerably more difficult to escape their dread and loathsome clutches.”
“Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God's being present in the mess of our unfixedness. (Messy Spirituality)”

Source : Mike Yaconelli (2009). “Messy Spirituality”, p.14, Harper Collins
“In one decade, women had gotten more protection against offensive jokes in the workplace than men had gotten in centuries against being killed in the workplace.”
“The purpose of a college education is to give you the correct view of minorities, and the means to live as far away from them as possible.”

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