Quotes for All
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government. Ellen Goodman
Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, God Bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and paid forward for the next kid who comes along. Elizabeth Warren
There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Elizabeth Warren
You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads that the rest of us paid for. You hired workers that the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces … Read more
A group is as healthy as its ‘social contract’ is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor’s and people’s commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled. David W Augsburger
Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed. David Korten
There is a social contract in Fight Club and in Choke where the protagonist has deceived a whole bunch of people. In Choke it’s all of these people who think that they’ve saved his life, and really care about him because they’ve embraced him and they’ve been his saviors. In Fight Club it’s all of … Read more
Well, let’s go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract. Chuck Hagel
We said that a single injustice, a single crime, a single illegality, particularly if it is officially recorded, confirmed, a single wrong to humanity, a single wrong to justice and to right, particularly if it is universally, legally, nationally, commodiously accepted, that a single crime shatters and is sufficient to shatter the whole social pact, … Read more
We are approaching a time when Christians, especially, may have to declare the social contract between Enlightenment rationalists and Biblical believers – which formed the basis of the constitution written at our nation’s founding – null and void. Cal Thomas