Peter L. Berger

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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
Collection: Mean
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F. A. Hayek is probably the most prominent advocate of capitalism in the present period.
- Peter L. Berger
Collection: Hayek
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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
Collection: Socialist Economy
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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
Collection: Religious
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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
Collection: Running
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One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism
- Peter L. Berger
Collection: Christian