Quotes About Society

Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich -- that is the democracy of capitalist society.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners.

According to Marx, the state could neither have arisen or maintained itself had it been possible to reconcile classes.

Engels elucidates the concept of the "power" which is called the state, a power which arose from society but places itself above it and alienates itself more and more from it. What does this power mainly consist of? It consists of special bodies of armed men having prisons, etc., at their command.

In reality the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democratic republic no less than in the monarchy.

Sleep is the most moronic fraternity in the world, with the heaviest dues and the crudest rituals.

[On adultery:] A most conventional way to rise above the conventional.

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.

Our society must understand that a minority--a certain category of people-- must be paid very well by the state, so that they can secure the interests of the majority. When will we finally begin to understand this? Our people aren't stupid. It's just that it hasn't been explained the right way.

Bir toplant? çok say?da insan?n bir araya geldiÄŸi, baz?lar?n?n gerçekte düÅŸünmediklerini söyledikleri, baz?lar?n?n gerçekte yapt?klar?n? söylemedikleri bir düzenlemedir. -Er Ä°van Çonkin'in YaÅŸam? ve OlaÄŸanüstü Serüvenleri

Je le dis ouvertement : je suis "moyennement démocrate'' et je veux bien effeuiller la marguerite démocratique. En Suisse, j'aurais pu l'être passionnément ; aux États-Unis, un peu; en France, pas du tout.

Americans try to talk about positive family values, although the actual state of things is disastrous.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

God created sex. Priests created marriage.

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

O what fine times, this age of iron!

Who has not the spirit of his age,Of his age has all the unhappiness.

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other.