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"That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal; but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another."
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"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."
"The action or inaction of any government does not negate the Personal Responsibility of the citizens."
"The journey of every ignorant and obedient society always ends up in the same place: In the desert!"
"The only soap of a dirty society is the clean men, only the clean can wash the grimy!"
"What the new government of Nigeria and other African governments must do, is to start a massive reorientation campaign in the culture of the dignity of labour."
"To Have Thousands Transformed In The Society Is To Lack Unity."
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"Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language."
"If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble - and will not publish with a clear conscience."
"Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements."
"The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window."
"Christianity stands or falls as a living program, a way of life, made concrete in the life of man by the life of God through the life of the concretely living Christ."
"The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us."
"It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them."
"If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar."
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