Social Revolutions

Famous quotes containing the words social and/or revolutions:

“The social forces that operate on a family during the daughter’s formative years continue to shape her experience. Thus the families, schools, and jobs that involve poor women are likely to be very hierarchically arranged, demanding conformity, passivity, and obedience—all unsupportive of continued intellectual growth.”
—Mary Field Belenky (20th century)

“Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.”
—John Mortimer (b. 1923)