Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
Erich Fromm
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In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same. -
The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about. -
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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
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