Quotes About Society

Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of.

Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

Good laws have their origins in bad morals.

Pakistan is the country of Impossible men

The wall between the men's and women's rooms was built like a fortress, and solid bars covered the windows—they'd been put there by the proprietors to protect the girls' honour. Instead they'd served as a death sentence. Isn't that always the way, Mrs. Fisher had thought, man's fears causing him to do things that lead to far greater sins.

Les médias reflètent ce que disent les gens, les gens reflètent ce que disent les médias. Ne va-t-on jamais se lasser de cet abrutissant jeu de miroirs?

Someone other than I might have used the word "roots". It is not part of my vocabulary. I don't like the word, and I like even less the image it conveys. Roots burrow into the ground, twist in the mud, and thrive in darkness; they hold trees in captivity from their inception and nourish them at the price of blackmail: "Free yourself and you'll die

Souvent, lorsqu'un pays trahit ses valeurs, il trahit aussi ses intérêts.

What strange times we live in, when good must disguise itself in the tawdry rags of evil!

Toplum yasalari yercekimi yasalarina benzemez, insan genellikle asagi dogru degil, yukari dogru duser. DoÄŸu'dan Uzakta

Dunya, Tanri'nun aldatilabilecegini ve ellerinin temiz kalmasi icin oldurmemekle calmamanin yeterli olacagini dusunen acinasi insanlarla dolu. DoÄŸu'dan Uzakta

On exagère trop souvent sur l'influence des religions sur les peuples, tandis qu'on néglige à l'inverse l'influence des peuples sur les religions.

toutes deux farouchement nationalistes et résolument hostiles à la société cosmopolite d'avant : d'un côté, les Frères musulmans, qui bénéficiaient d'un vaste soutien populaire ; de l'autre, les forces armées, au sein desquelles un homme fort allait émerger, le colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Siento que no hayamos podido daros un mundo donde la gente no necesite protestar.

And justice lies in appearance, at least in this world, at least in the eyes of the multitude.

On ne s'est pas contenté de dénoncer les excès de l'égalitarisme, c'est le principe même d'égalité qu'on a remis en cause, et dévalorisé.

J'ai toujours eu de l'aversion à la fois pour les riches et pour les pauvres. Ma patrie sociale, c'est l'entre-deux. Ni les possédants, ni les revendicateurs. J'appartiens à cette frange médiane qui, n'ayant ni la myopie des nantis ni l'aveuglement des affamés, peut se permettre de poser sur le monde un regard lucide.

XX. Yüzy?l bize hiçbir doktrinin mutlaka kendiliÄŸinden özgürlükçü olamayaca??n?, hepsinin, komünizmin, liberalizmin, milliyetçiliÄŸin, büyük dinlerden her birinin, hatta laikliÄŸin kontrolden ç?kabileceÄŸini, hepsinin yozlaÅŸabileceÄŸini, hepsinin elininin kana bulaÅŸt???n? öÄŸretmiÅŸ olacak.

De ce fait, s'il est raisonnable d'admettre que l'État, comme disait Reagan, peut parfois être « le problème », il est tout à fait légitime de se demander si l'absence d'État n'est pas, quelquefois, un problème plus grave encore.

Once, standing in an open space, he'd seen a commercial airliner pass overhead, on its way from one country to another, the sun golden upon its wings. It seemed incredible to him that there were people inside, drinking wine and eating from plastic trays, pressing a button for the hostess. Did they have any idea what was going on directly below them, a nation devouring itself? He felt like a drowning man watching a ship sail by.

The Bengali was the Marwari of the early nineteenth century.

The armchairs, with their flat, sedentary cushions, were designed for society, but the bed was made for solitude. It had a straitened and measured narrowness, an austere frame made to contain the curves of a single body, to circumscribe it, carry it, give it a place, and when I slept at night, I possessed it entirely.