People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place. Irving Kristol
In mainstream economic theory, the firm and the market are, for the most part, assumed to exist and are not themselves the subject of investigation. One result has been that the crucial role of the law in determining the activities carried out by the firm and in the market has been largely ignored. Ronald Coase
The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then undermined democratic forces. Michael Parenti
Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping their outcomes towards success or failure: long-term planning, and willingness to reconsider core values. On reflection, we can also recognize the crucial role of these same two choices for the outcomes of our individual lives. Jared Diamond
Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play. Eric Hoffer
The twentieth century encounter between alphabetic and electronic forces of culture confers on the printed word a crucial role in staying the return to "the Africa within.”. Marshall McLuhan