Quotes About Society

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy.

Education will not cure all the problems of society, but without it no cure for any problem is possible.

No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief.

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society.

There is too much animal courage in society and not sufficient moral courage.

The ultimate test of a society's freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it's how it treats its dissidents.

I want a change, and a radical change. I want a change from an acquisitive society to a functional society, from a society of go-getters to a society of go-givers.

If we have power to degrade an entire society, then we also have the power to uplift it.

Beware the engineers of society, I say, who would make everyone in all the world equal. Opportunitty should be equal, must be equal, but achievement must remain individual. - Drizzt Do'Urden

You want society to accept you; but you can't even accept yourself.

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.

When you live in a false society, that bases its wealth upon money, then that society itself will collapse eventually. Not because I say so, because it's not based on physical reference.

The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government can never be, as it never has been, a true republic.

Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.

FIFA stands for discipline, respect, fair-play, not just on the field of play, but in our society as well.

For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.

The more equality there is established among men, the more virtue and happiness will reign in society.

You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society.

The young people are the most active and vital force in society. They are the most eager to learn and the least conservative in their thinking. This is especially so in the era of socialism.

The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.