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In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state. Peter L. Berger

Power State Market Market Economy Possibility Some Individual Economy However Escaping

It has been true in Western societies and it seems to be true elsewhere that you do not find democratic systems apart from capitalism, or apart from a market economy, if you prefer that term. Peter L. Berger

You Capitalism Be True Elsewhere Market Market Economy Has-Been Systems Find Seems True Term Economy Democratic Been Western Apart Prefer Societies

Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular fundamentalism into a religious fundamentalism or the other way around, which is not very helpful. Peter L. Berger

People Secular Some People Other Way Kind Religious Some Seem Another Around Very Which Helpful Gravitate Fundamentalism

There is a continuum of values between the churches and the general community. What distinguishes the handling of these values in the churches is mainly the heavier dosage of religious vocabulary involved. Peter L. Berger

Values Community Churches Distinguishes Religious Vocabulary General Mainly Between Involved Continuum Handling Heavier Dosage

The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences. They are hugely important in the affirmation of differences between groups and social classes and in the reproduction of those differences. Pierre Bourdieu

Work Education Culture Important Differences Those Minor Classes Point Simply Between Affirmation Hugely Hobbies Influences Reproduction Social Show Groups

I think if I hadn't become a sociologist, I would have become very anti-intellectual. Pierre Bourdieu

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Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead. Robert Staughton Lynd

Man Genius Every Considerably Dead Being Helped Every Man

Almost any game with any ball is a good game. Robert Staughton Lynd

Good Game Almost Ball Any

Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen. Robert Staughton Lynd

Time Birthday World Remember Own Sun Risen Most Us Second

There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evil-doer. Robert Staughton Lynd

Good Nothing Else Someone Idea Feel Makes Us

Back when Saddam Hussein was in power, the Americans didn't care about his crimes. When he was gassing the Kurds and gassing Iran, they didn't care about it. When oil was at stake, somehow, suddenly, things mattered. Sam Richards

Care Power Back Crimes Hussein About Somehow He Saddam Saddam Hussein His Iran Kurds Mattered American Oil Stake Suddenly Things

There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd. Sam Richards

States Supported Countries Democratic Odd Lot Very United United States

But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation. Samuel P. Huntington

Problem Immigration Conclusion Came May While Then Really Serious Assimilation

And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what other countries, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc, should be incorporated into western institutions? Samuel P. Huntington

Big Other Other Countries Part Countries Institutions Course Were West Question Western Big Question Soviet Which Should Europeans Incorporated

I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction. Samuel P. Huntington

Democracy Rights Try Human Rights Think Other Other Countries States Direction Clearly Countries Well Western Commitments Move Human Nations Influence Should Stand United United States

The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries. Samuel P. Huntington

Great Problem Other Those Countries Asian Asian Countries Cooperation

It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China? Samuel P. Huntington

It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country. Samuel P. Huntington

Culture Opportunities Country Society Other Immigrants Economic Economic Opportunities Generations Attracted Subsequent Repression Europe Including Among Things Here

Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected. Samuel P. Huntington

Immigration Important Nation Neglected Finally Immigrants Critique Some Only Part Know Also America Gets Often Which Image

Much of what we now consider to be problems concerning immigration and assimilation really concern Mexican immigration and assimilation. Samuel P. Huntington

Immigration Problems Consider Concern Concerning Mexican Much Really Now Assimilation

From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so far as it depends on elements internal to science itself. Talcott Parsons

Character Knowledge Science Problem Follows General Development Scientific Scientific Knowledge Itself Depends Far Body Internal Elements

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