Quotes About Society

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

In some countries the common people are not permitted to read the Bible at all. In ours, it is as common as a newspaper and in schools is read with nearly the same degree of respect.

...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.

The basis of peace and stability, in any society, has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its people.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

The youth of the present day are quite monstrous. They have absolutely no respect for dyed hair.

Certain other societies may respect the rule of force--we respect the rule of law.

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

In the mass of mankind, I fear, there is too great a majority of fools and knaves; who, singly from their number, must to a certain degree be respected, though they are by no means respectable.

A society that does not recognise that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

Our desire to conform is greater than our respect for objective facts.

Since when was genius found respectable?

In France the men all live in cafes, the children are all put out to nurse, and the women, saving the respect of mademoiselle -- well, the less said about them the better.

We are well on our way to becoming a banana republic in every respect except, of course, that we don't grow bananas.

The old-fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.

I do have an intense respect for pacifists, because I believe that ultimately, if we are to have a truly humanistic as well as libertarian society, violence will have to be banished on this planet.

The State shall make no law with respect to the establishment of education.

The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system.

In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people, they have no lawyers.

One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.

The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.