{"quotes":[{"text":"Idealistic? Ruddy stupid, if you'll pardon the language, miss,: Mr Roberts said. 'All this talk about power for the people and down with the ruling classes and everyone should govern themselves. It can never happen, I told him. The ruling classes are born to rule. They know how to do it. You take a person like you or me and you put us up there to run a country and we'd make a ruddy mess of it.","author":"Rhys Bowen","tags":["communism","democratic-socialism","dynasty","england","interesting","royalty","society-problem","trump-administration"],"id":11291,"author_id":"Rhys+Bowen"},{"text":"A nation with a thousand awakened citizens and a corrupt leader, is much more alive than a nation with an awakened leader and a thousand corrupt citizens.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["brainy","citizen-power","citizens","inspirational","inspiring","leadership","leadership-development","political","political-philosophy","political-science","politics","responsible-citizen","social-change","social-norms","social-psychology","social-reform","social-reformer","social-science","social-sciences","social-work","social-worker","social-workers","society","society-problem","society","society-thinking"],"id":16617,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Any silly ism or stupid book that considers men above women, must be shunned like a lowlife demon. For, all's one, barring none.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["equality-and-god","good-and-evil","goodness-inspirational","human-rights","life-and-living","metaphysical-quest","metaphysical","metaphysical-truth-reality","motivational-for-women","people-nature","philosophy-of-religion","reality-of-life","religion-spirituality","society-problem","spiritual-development","spiritual-wisdom","truth-telling","wellness-guru","women-s-rights"],"id":76449,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"We live life not only for ourselves but for others.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["abilities","christian","community","faith","fulfilling-purpose","helping-others","hope","inspirational","life","living-now","mission","missionary","moments","purpose","self-motivation","services","sharing","society-problem","time","volunteering"],"id":98631,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Didn’t we all grow up understanding that bribes and payoffs - - by whatever name or rationale - - were bad. And that people were supposed to be the focal point of society, not money?","author":"Ray Bourhis","tags":["bribery","greed","society-problem"],"id":122831,"author_id":"Ray+Bourhis"},{"text":"Sitting there, watching the shades of evening settle slowly on the drab little town, it seemed to me that nothing but blind blundering vengeance, howsoever camouflaged, awaits all those who dare to step out of its stifling confines. It is a confrontation whose outcome is as certain as the end of solitary boats beating against a maelstrom.","author":"Arun Joshi","tags":["society","society-problem","society-thinking","vengeance"],"id":156764,"author_id":"Arun+Joshi"},{"text":"If we want truth and justice to rule our global village, there must be no hypocrisy. If there is no truth, then there will be no equality. No equality, no justice. No justice, no peace. No peace, no love. No love, only darkness.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["civil-rights","corruption","darkness","equal","equality","evil","evils","global","globe","good","greed","human-rights","humanity","hypocrisy","hypocrites","inequality","injustice","judgement","judicial-system","justice","light","love","nation","new-world","peace","peace-on-earth","racism","righteous","rule","ruling","society","society-problem","truth","virtues","world","world-peace"],"id":158990,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"I dont believe knowing can save us. What isconstant in history is greed and foolishness and a love of blood and this is a thing that even God—who knows all that can be known—seems powerless to change.","author":"Cormac McCarthy","tags":["greed","history","people","society","society-problem","violence","world"],"id":161567,"author_id":"Cormac+McCarthy"},{"text":"Having 'holy' thoughts, and doing bad deeds, such a lot are assholes indeed.","author":"Fakeer Ishavardas","tags":["bad-people","behavioural-psychology","evil-people","good-and-evil","people-nature","religious-extremism","religious-nuts","society-problem","unhealthy-people","violence-and-humans","violence-in-society"],"id":163052,"author_id":"Fakeer+Ishavardas"},{"text":"I have seen many educated persons splitting garbage over roads and many uneducated persons cleaning it.","author":"Rumman Bin Sadiq","tags":["education","educational-system","society","society-problem","uneducated"],"id":232597,"author_id":"Rumman+Bin+Sadiq"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}