No two languages are
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. Edward Sapir
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No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. Edward Sapir
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. Francis Bacon
We can’t afford as a nation – not because of money but because of our social fabric – to have large numbers of people who are not working. Donna Shalala
In the eighties and nineties, the innovation agenda was exclusively focused on enterprises. There was a time in which economic and social issues were seen as separate. Economy was producing wealth, society was spending. In the 21st century economy, this is not true anymore. Sectors like health, social services and education have a tendency to … Read more
Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme. Diane Watson
I strive to find materials that will engage students, expand their capacities as critical readers and thinkers, and feel immediately relevant to their daily lives and future work in court and social service systems. Dean Spade
The big winners under the American fiscal system are the rich, who pay some of the lowest taxes anywhere in the world; the old, who are the main beneficiaries of the American social service state; farmers, rural people. These are Republican constituencies. David Frum
I just think, realistically, there’s a lot of room outside the Trump populist right and the Bernie-Sanders-Elizabeth-Warren populist left. There are a lot of us who believe in open trade, open borders, a dynamic forward-looking economy, not a nostalgic economy, but do want to provide a significant level of social service or sort of economic … Read more
If we once admit that our life is here for the purpose of race-improvement, then we question any religion which does not improve the race, or the main force of which evaporates, as it were, directing our best efforts toward the sky…. Improvement in the human race is not accomplished by extracting any number of … Read more
The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known. C. L. R. James