Quotes About Society

Misanthropes need people without a steady supply, the misanthrope cannot fully apply his art.

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Certainly, the contradiction of tensions and divisions between the followers of different religious traditions, sadly, cannot be denied. However, is it not also the case that often it is the ideological manipulation of religion, sometimes for political ends, that is the real catalyst for tension and division, and at times even violence in society?

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.

Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle

Modern Society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyles.

Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy.

We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong.

A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.

Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.

If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals it is the modern strengthening of minor morals

If nothing else, we today need a reminder that we must never take civilization for granted. I

Our own age is not one which can afford to call its ancestors savage.

You're right,' I'd say. 'The planet is grossly overpopulated and we'd better do something about it. Do you want to machine-gun the surplus yourself, or shall we start with you?

Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.

Duniaku bukan jabatan, pangkat, gaji, dan kecurangan. Duniaku bumi manusia dengan persoalannya

Kami memang orang miskin. Di mata orang kota kemiskinan itu kesalahan. Lupa mereka lauk yg dimakannya itu kerja kami.

Suatu masyarakat paling primitif pun, misalnya di jantung Afrika sana, tak pernah duduk di bangku sekolah, tak pernah melihat kitab dalam hidupnya, tak kenal baca-tulis, masih dapat mencintai sastra, walau sastra lisan.

Sejak jaman nabi sampai kini, tak ada manusia yang bisa terbebas dari kekuasaan sesamanya, kecuali mereka yang tersisihkan karena gila. Bahkan pertama-tama mereka yang membuang diri, seorang diri di tengah-tengah hutan atau samudera masih membawa padanya sisa-sisa kekuasaan sesamanya. Dan selama ada yang diperintah dan memerintah, dikuasai dan menguasai, orang berpolitik.

There is no love that appears suddenly out of the blue, because love is a child of culture, not a stone dropped from heaven.

Juga jangan jadi kriminil dalam percintaan-yang menaklukan wanita ddengan gemerincing ringgit,kilau harta dan pangkat.Lelaki belakangan ini adalah juga kriminil,sedang perempuan yang tertaklukan hanya pelacur.