Society quotes

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.