Quotes About Society

Menschen konnten nichts anderes sein als Menschen. Sie zogen sich Roben an oder Handschellen und taten, was von ihnen erwartet wurde. In diesem Haus bestand ihre Aufgabe darin, den Phantomschmerz einer amputierten Weltordnung zu erzeugen.

een maatschappij waarin het er alleen nog om ging om tijdens de grote uitverkoop van waarden en normen de eigen schaapjes op het droge te krijgen.

D]ie Urenkel der Nihilisten [...] Was, wenn ihnen Bibel, Grundgesetz und Strafrecht nie mehr gegolten hätten als Anleitung und Regelbuch zu einem Gesellschafsspiel? [...] Wenn wir ihre Gründe nicht mehr verstünden, weil es keine gibt?

Nach Elenas Meinung hatte eine Frau in der ersten Lebenshälfte das Schminken nicht nötig, während es in der zweiten nicht mehr half.

O]b dies das eigentliche Ende des Gefangenendilemmas sei: wenn Richter und Angeklagte sich in die Arme fielen, um gemeinsam über einen Repräsentanten der alten Ordnung zu spotten.

the top hat was now considered the mark of a gentleman, even though the first man to sport one in public, forty years earlier, was arrested on the grounds that it had "a shiny luster calculated to alarm timid people." (Four women had fainted upon seeing it, and pedestrians had booed.) Lord

These are just a few examples of the strikingly similar disregard the pre-Christian pagans had for decency and modesty that we can see today in society. But we can also begin to see Church Fathers confront this issue, regularly stressing the importance of dressing and acting modestly in their sermons.

Once the means to kill children had been established, it was only a matter of months before the programme was extended to include adults living in asylums or other such institutions.

when you see someone in a tree trying to protect it , you know that every level of our society have failed , the consumers have failed , the companies have failed , the government has failed .

Qué mundo es éste en el que las mujeres necesitan que unos hombres las protejan de otros hombres! Más os valía cambiar vosotros en vez de meternos en jaulas para que otros no puedan dañarnos.

Defiendo la democracia burguesa que nos permite la ilusión de creer que gozamos de libertad, eso es todo.

Los ignorantes odian lo que desconocen, pero además en la historia de Europa hay momentos execrables: La Inquisición, los pogromos... El judío es el extranjero o el diferente, alguien a quien culpar de todos los males de la sociedad. Ésa es la excusa que utilizan los poderosos para desvia la atención de sus responsabilidades hacia la propia sociedad.

resulta imposible admitir que la nación que hizo la Revolución sea capaz de dejarse llevar por los más bajos instintos, como si la Revolución no hubiera dejado también sueltos esos bajos instintos

Las manos reflejaban el alma de las mujeres y su condición social.

El judío es el extranjero o el diferente, alguien a quien culpar de todos los males de la sociedad.

Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an heir.

Reformed rakes make the best husbands,"Violet said. "Rubbish and you know it." -Anthony to Violet

A man with charm is an entertaining thing, and a man with looks is, of course, a sight to behold, but a man with honour, ah, he is the one, dear reader, to which the young ladies should flock. - Lady Whistledown's society papers 2 May 1814

Society is capricious and rewards the bad as often as the good. But it never rewards the quiet.

People will think you're courting me.' 'Nonsense, everyone knows I don't court respectable women.

He was proud and stubborn, and all the ton looked up to him. Men curried his favor, women flirted like mad. And all the while he'd been terrified every time he'd opened his mouth.

The ranks of society are once again filled with Ambitious Mamas, whose only aim is to see their Darling Daughters married off to Determined Bachelors

Simon gave her a startled look. 'I don't believe I have ever been condescended to by a woman before.' She shrugged. 'It was probably past time.