Societal Preference Order

Famous quotes containing the words societal, preference and/or order:

    “[Film noir] experiences periodic rebirth and rediscovery. Whenever we have any moment of deep societal rift or disruption in America, one of the ways we can express it is through the ideas and behavior in film noir.”
    —John Briley (b. 1925)

    “There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.”
    —William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

    “Revolution is like the daughters of Pelias: it cuts humanity to pieces in order to rejuvenate it.”
    —Georg Büchner (1813–1837)