Society
(page 5)

Sort by date
Sort by rating

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

Aristotle

1

It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.

Aristotle

1

Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.

Aristotle

1

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.

Frederick Douglass

1

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Theodore Roosevelt

1

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

Alex Haley

1

Society cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.

Simone de Beauvoir

1

Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

P. J. O'Rourke

1

The technological breakthrough of the World Wide Web has been enormously beneficial to society.

Mike Fitzpatrick

1

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No — no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.

Washington Irving

1

What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?

Irv Kupcinet

1

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Ayn Rand

1

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

John Locke

1

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.

John Locke

1

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.

Rollo May

1

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

Harry S Truman

1

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

Robert A. Heinlein

1

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

Robert A. Heinlein

1

You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in your society, I am sure there will be many actors from our part of the world that will be acting in Hollywood films.

Amitabh Bachchan

1

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

Bill Gates

1

Random topics and author pages

Privacy Policy