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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion. -- Abdurrahman Wahid
The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity. -- Steven Biko
From an early age I didn't buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting. -- Adam Clayton
Cultures, along with the religions that shape and nurture them, are value systems, sets of traditions and habits clustered around one or several languages, producing meaning: for the self, for the here and now, for the community, for life. -- Tariq Ramadan
Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming the most coherent and are rising to the top as minority or plurality powers. But they do not represent either the shift, the change, or the future. -- Paul Hawken
I don't really go into labels or an in-depth discussion of different value systems because for me, it's sort of the truth of the situation in D.C. Certainly, in my fictional depiction of it, there are decent, shameless people on both sides at every level. -- Kristin Gore
The people and the mindset that killed 3,000 of our fellow citizens on September 11 2001, would have killed not 3,000, but 300,000 if they could have or 3 million or 30 million. We need to do everything we can within our value systems and legal structures to make sure that doesn't happen. -- Tim Pawlenty
There is no evidence that dogs have the kind of complex emotional lives and value systems that we do. It's one reason why we love them so much, in fact. They are neither "good" nor "bad." They don't hold grudges, act in petty ways, or seek revenge. They read our moods, but not our minds. -- Jon Katz
Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems. -- John Stott
I think we have different value systems." â??Arthur "Well mine's better." â??Ford -- Douglas Adams
The level of corruption in a country is determined by the value systems of that country. -- Sunday Adelaja
The company ... has no rights to survive. But value systems and philosophies survive. People take them with them -- Edgar Schein
I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control. -- Tim Ferriss
To impress people as much as we would wish, we would first need to successfully adopt each of their value systems -- Derren Brown
I'm very analytical about the industry and I understand that there are value systems, and all sorts of things like that. -- Adelaide Clemens
Economic systems are not value-free columns of numbers based on rules of reason, but ways of expressing what varying societies believe is important. -- Gloria Steinem
Our natural tendency is to project onto other people our own belief and value systems, in ways in which we are not even aware. -- Robert Greene
Mankind may amuse themselves with theoretic systems of liberty... but we can only discern its true value by the practical and wretched effects of slavery. -- Mercy Otis Warren
Action learning particularly obliges subjects to become aware of their own value systems, by demanding that the real problems tackled carry some risk of personal failure. -- Reg Revans
When value systems are embraced by a nation, when the citizens of a country are truly rich in virtues, then material wealth is a matter of time. -- Sunday Adelaja
Our daily endeavours and activities should be about or around these value systems. They reflect love. They reflect care. They reflect kindness. They are qualities of heaven. -- Sunday Adelaja
The general problem with ambitious systems is complexity. [...] it is important to emphasize the value of simplicity and elegance, for complexity has a way of compounding difficulties. -- Fernando J. Corbato
I grew up reading Ayn Rand and it taught me quite a bit about who I am and what my value systems are, and what my beliefs are. -- Paul Ryan
We label things through value systems that we have developed. But nothing is or is not unless we feel it is that way. We give ground to reality by creating it. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
The teaching that we receive is not necessarily very accurate. The value systems that our cultures have developed are not every open. They are very restrictive. We live in an age that is not enlightened. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell

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