I thought in this country, the best social program was a job. Yet minimum wage jobs aren't paying enough to keep families out of poverty.
When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and you also interchange socially with them, it's very addictive.
I think Social Security should be bipartisan and it should transcend the next election, and you should get the best ideas of the Democrats and of the Republicans, and move forward with the best.
What manner of mind considers this holy estate [pregnancy] which women are privileged by the Almighty to attain as a slur upon the social conscience?
The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me.
I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
My mum came from nothing and didn't have many opportunities in her youth, and she blames a lot of her social inadequacies on that.
Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.
Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.
Dolphins are social mammals, capable of enjoying their lives. They form close bonds with other members of their group.
I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected to defend, maintain and continue to perfect socialism, not destroy it.
Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the first importance.
Our animal origins are constantly lurking behind, even if they are filtered through complicated social evolution.
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
The internet, Facebook and Twitter have created mass communications and social spaces that regimes cannot control.
India's rigid social structure limits intergenerational economic mobility and fosters acceptance of vast wealth disparities.
I'm not very social when I'm off the promo trail, because I step into wife and mother mode. It's very reclusive.
I'm very comfortable speaking to millions of people, but not comfortable in a small, intimate social setting. Like cocktail hour. I get very panicky.
Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs.
Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not. Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously.
The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights.
