Quotes About Society

As the observance of religious worship is the reason for the greatness of a republic, so the contempt for religious worship is the reason for its ruin.

in all cities, these two distinct parties are found, and from this it arises that the people do not wish to be ruled nor oppressed by the nobles, and the nobles wish to rule and oppress the people; and from these two opposite desires there arises in cities one of three results, either a principality, self-government, or anarchy. A

Men for the most part follow in the footsteps and imitate the actions of others...

The aim of the people is more honest than that of the nobility, the latter desiring to oppress, and the former merely to avoid oppression.

can satisfy the people, for their object is more righteous than that of the nobles, the latter wishing to oppress, while the former only desire not to be oppressed.

Por otro lado, aquí se inicia el proceso de personificación del Estado que más tarde desarrollará Hobbes: el Estado representa los intereses del todo y, en aras de la preservación de los mismos, emite normas para regular las acciones externas entre los individuos que interactúan socialmente.

For in every city are to be found these two opposed humours having their origin in this, that the people desire not to be domineered over or oppressed by the nobles, while the nobles desire to oppress and domineer over the people.

The people are more honest in their intentions than the nobles are, because the latter want to oppress the people whereas the people want only not to be oppressed.

mantenendosi loro le condizioni vecchie e non vi essendo disformità di costumi, li uomini si vivono quietamente; come s'è visto che ha fatto la Borgogna, la Brettagna, la Guascogna e la Normandia, che tanto tempo sono state con Francia;

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin by the great number who are not good.

Having Come to Freedom, a Corrupt People Can with the Greatest Difficulty Maintain Itself Free

because the haves of this world cannot quietly inherit what is coming to them; lest they be treated now as they once treated others, they must keep an eye on the have-nots. To keep a step ahead of the have-nots the haves must think and behave like have-nots. They certainly cannot afford justice to the have-nots, nor can they waste time or money on sympathy.

so in like manner to understand the People a man should be a Prince, and to have a clear notion of Princes he should belong to the People.

Nas?l manzara resmi yapanlar, daÄŸlar?n ve yüksek yerlerin yap?s?n? gözlemlemek için ovada alçak bir konumda duruyor ve alçak yerlerin yap?s?n? gözlemlemek için daÄŸlar?n tepesine ç?k?yorlarsa, ayn? ÅŸekilde, halklar?n yap?s?n? iyi tan?mak için prens olmak ve prenslerin yap?s?n? iyi tan?mak için de halktan birisi olmak gerekir.

There is in everything a latent evil peculiar to it.

When women gain a voice in society, there's evidence of less violence.

As a society, we denounce delinquents, hoodlums and hooligans, but the truth is that we routinely fail troubled kids before they fail us. More children die each year in the United States from abuse and neglect than from cancer. For every child who dies, thousands are injured, raped or brutally abused. We shrug as millions of children undergo trauma in ways that harm them and unravel our social fabric--and then we blame the kids when things go wrong.

The panoply of consumers has iPhones or the lower-priced clones not because of what they represent but because of what they do.

Nowadays, it's an offence even to be innocent in the eyes of the guilty; a person outrages the wicked simply by not joining in!

with every passing year she found herself wondering more and more where all the good guys had gone. Or even if there really was such a thing anymore. Where were the guys who didn't expect you to sleep with them after only a date or two? Or guys who believed that picking up the check on a first date was a classy thing to do? Or even a guy with a somewhat decent job and plans for the future?

because everybody lies. It's part of living in society .

Because that's what normal people do. That's the way society works. You can't just tell people whatever pops into your mind. It makes them uncomfortable or hurts their feelings. And just so you know, employers hate it.

I mourn the fact that my beautiful country has deteriorated in every way.

Many Americans don't mourn in public anymore - we don't wear black, we don't beat our chests and wail.