Quotes About Society

The beauty myth is always actually prescribing behaviour and not appearance.

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.

Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.

The doctrine of equality! There exists no more poisonous poison: for it seems to be preached by justice itself, while it is the end of justice.

Freedom and equality are naturan born enemies.

There is equality in the office but not on the street.

The Left neither cares about prosperity nor jobs. It cares about equality

If we are going to achieve a real equality, the U.S. will have to adopt a modified form of Socialism.

A fair and just society offers equality of opportunity to all. But it cannot promise, and should not try to enforce, sameness.

Equality is the measure of all things, and bad behavior is less bad if everyone indulges in it.

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality

The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies.

The likelihood that inborn differences are one contributor to social status does not mean that it is the only contributor.

Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans.

Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions.

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.

If human equality is to be forever averted -- if the High, as we have called them, are to keep their places permanently -- then the prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity.

The principle of equality does not destroy the imagination, but lowers its flight to the level of the earth.

In a capitalist society there are always inequalities of class and wealth. People who inherit money and property will always see themselves as being superior to those who have to work for it.

democracy always makes for materialism, because the only kind of equality that you can guarantee to a whole people is, broadly speaking, physical.

Individual freedom and individual equality cannot co-exist. I dare say no one since Thomas Jefferson has really believed it.

The Left is not interested in prosperity, it is interested in equality

Don't you just hate it when the war on terrorism interferes with political correctness and liberalism's equality fetish?

Equality may be the law, but no human power can install it.