Quotes About Society

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.

Society is no comfort, to one not sociable.

Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.

A society based on Christian principles provides for pluralism, but with enough restrictions to prevent civilization from degenerating into chaos.

Communicated in the right way, Judeo-Christian philosophy and the religions that uphold it bind a citizenry together in pursuit of a just and generous society.

Girls' education is the single best investment that any society can make.

Now let us return to light, safety, and society.

You need people in a society to have reached a certain standard of living before they can be polite. You learn how to respect others because you don't have to fight as much, you have what you need.

The nature and extent of profanity and vulgarity in our society is a measure of its deterioration.

It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.

Study how a society uses its land, and you can come to pretty reliable conclusions as to what its future will be.

After all, for mankind as a whole there are no exports. We did not start developing by obtaining foreign exchange from Mars or the moon. Mankind is a closed society.

But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burdens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of discord.

I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of society.

The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence of cultivation.

Being alone in our present society raises an important question about identity and well-being.

I would say, compared with the 19th century, compared with most previous history, this is as good or better a society than any which man has ever made. But that doesn't mean it is such a good one.

In the sleeping state, instead, one is much more oneself, even if society never ceases to intervene.

I am not fully forgiven until I allow God to write his new dream for my life on the blackboard of my mind. .. God has a great plan to redeem society. He needs me and wants to use me.

The best way to rise in society is to use all possible means of persuading people that one has already risen in society.

I'm trapped in a fun-house mirror reflection of a historical society where everyone was crazy by default, driven mad by irrational laws and meaningless customs.

It's too bad our society isn't further along.

It taught me, at an early age, that being wrong can be dangerous, but being right, when society regards the majority's falsehood as truth, could be fatal.