Quotes for All
In an era when careerism dominates the campus, is it too much to expect students to go beyond their private interests, learn about the world around them, develop a sense of civic and social responsibility, and discover how they can contribute to the common good? Ernest L. Boyer
When I hear the words social responsibility, I want to reach for my gun. Eric S. Raymond
I’ve a problem with the word charity because I think that NGOs, as I prefer calling them, really do take the work of moral and social responsibilities that ought to be taken on by governments. Emma Thompson
Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility. Ellen Page
Everyone in the full enjoyment of all the blessings of his life, in his normal condition, feels some individual responsibility forthe poverty of others. When the sympathies are not blunted by any false philosophy, one feels reproached by one’s own abundance. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Every woman who has any margin of time or money to spare should adopt some one public interest, some philanthropic undertaking,or some social agitation of reform, and give to that cause whatever time and work she may be able to afford. Frances Power Cobbe
The world howls for social justice, but when it comes to social responsibility, you sometimes cant even hear crickets chirping. Dean Koontz
The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases. David Suzuki
Economic dynamism can be combined with environmental and social responsibility. High financial returns can go hand in hand with respect for human rights, and the preservation of the planet’s natural resources David Miliband
I remember a Buddhist teachers reflections on the Holocaust…What terrible karma those Jews mustve had… This kind of fundamentalism, which blames the victims and rationalizes their horrific fate, is something no longer to be tolerated quietly. It is time for… modern Buddhism to outgrow it by accepting social responsibility and finding ways to address such … Read more