Living Conditions Quotes

“There is no chance of welfare in the society, unless the conditions of the working class are improved.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Generation Corazon: Nationalism is Terrorism

“I find myself, like many thoughtful citizens, on the horns of the dilemma of being totally opposed to violence but also as totally opposed to allowing certain conditions in our society to continue. I don’t want any J.C. Penney branch store burned and looted, but I deplore even more the original Watts in which human dignity, aspiration, and often even life were impossible! A contempt for law and resort to violence will certainly destroy any social structure, but is a discomforting fact that they are more often a result of something than a cause. ~ Gene Roddenberry Mar 1970 letter”
― David Alexander, Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry

“Our boys were all preparing to be peaceful professional Scottish public servants, using the most humane modern ideas to tacle what we knew to be the great task of the twentieth century - to make a Britain where everyone has a good clean home and is well paid for useful work.”
― Alasdair Gray, Poor Things

“Inscribed to Nature’s Step-Children — the sexually abnormal by birth — in the hope that their lives may be rendered more tolerable through the publication of this Autobiography.”
― Jennie June, Autobiography of an Androgyne