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Peter L. Berger Quotes: "A few years ago, a priest working in a slum section of a European city was asked why he was doing it, and replied, 'So that the rumor of God may not completely disappear."

A few years ago, a priest working in a slum section of a European city was asked why he was doing it, and replied, 'So that the rumor of God may not completely disappear.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy."

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.




Peter L. Berger Quotes: "Unlike puppets we have the possibility of stopping in our movements, looking up and perceiving the machinery by which we have been moved. In this act lies the first steps towards freedom."

Unlike puppets we have the possibility of stopping in our movements, looking up and perceiving the machinery by which we have been moved. In this act lies the first steps towards freedom.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "If you are good for nothing else, you can still serve as a bad example."

If you are good for nothing else, you can still serve as a bad example.




Peter L. Berger Quotes: "In acute suffering the need for meaning is as strong or stronger than the need for happiness."

In acute suffering the need for meaning is as strong or stronger than the need for happiness.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others."

Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "He who has the bigger stick has the better chance of imposing his definitions of reality."

He who has the bigger stick has the better chance of imposing his definitions of reality.




Peter L. Berger Quotes: "The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened."

The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "Religion is the human attitude towards a sacred order that includes within it all being-human or otherwise-i.e., belief in a cosmos, the meaning of which both includes and transcends man."

Religion is the human attitude towards a sacred order that includes within it all being-human or otherwise-i.e., belief in a cosmos, the meaning of which both includes and transcends man.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture"

The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy"

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization"

We also have a cultural phenomenon: the emergence of a global culture, or of cultural globalization




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

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



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "In science, as in love, a concentration on technique is likely to lead to impotence."

In science, as in love, a concentration on technique is likely to lead to impotence.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance"

The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "Language is capable of becoming the objective repository of vast accumulations of meaning and experience, which it can then preserve in time and transmit to following generations."

Language is capable of becoming the objective repository of vast accumulations of meaning and experience, which it can then preserve in time and transmit to following generations.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "East Asia confirms the superior capacity of industrial capitalism in raising the material standard of living of large masses of people."

East Asia confirms the superior capacity of industrial capitalism in raising the material standard of living of large masses of people.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic"

Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "In all advanced industrial societies, education has become the single most important vehicle of upward mobility."

In all advanced industrial societies, education has become the single most important vehicle of upward mobility.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "An economy oriented toward production for market exchange provides the optimal conditions for long-lasting and ever-expanding productive capacity based on modern technology."

An economy oriented toward production for market exchange provides the optimal conditions for long-lasting and ever-expanding productive capacity based on modern technology.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "There is an intrinsic linkage between socialism and economic inefficiency."

There is an intrinsic linkage between socialism and economic inefficiency.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways."

I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world."

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes"

If you say simply that pressures toward democracy are created by the market, I would say yes



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "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"

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 Quotes: "India is the most religious country in the world, Sweden is the most secular country in the world, and America is a country of Indians ruled by Swedes."

India is the most religious country in the world, Sweden is the most secular country in the world, and America is a country of Indians ruled by Swedes.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe"

If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "To be located in society means to be at the intersection point of specific social forces. Commonly one ignores these forces one also knows that there is not an awful lot that one can do about this."

To be located in society means to be at the intersection point of specific social forces. Commonly one ignores these forces one also knows that there is not an awful lot that one can do about this.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "If a socialist economy is opened up to increasing degrees of market forces, a point will be reached at which democratic governance becomes a possibility."

If a socialist economy is opened up to increasing degrees of market forces, a point will be reached at which democratic governance becomes a possibility.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy."

So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy.



Peter L. Berger Quotes: "F. A. Hayek is probably the most prominent advocate of capitalism in the present period."

F. A. Hayek is probably the most prominent advocate of capitalism in the present period.



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

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