Quotes About Society

One of the most dangerous things in the universe is an ignorant people with real grievances. That is nowhere near as dangerous, however, as an informed and intelligent society with grievances.

Bir zamanlar, insanlar düÅŸünme iÅŸini makinelere devretmiÅŸ, böylece özgürleÅŸmeyi umut etmiÅŸlerdi; ama bu, makinelere sahip baÅŸka insanlar?n onlar? köleleÅŸtirmesine yol açt? sadece.

Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free.

Communal/managed economics have always been more destructive of their societies than those driven by greed

Every civilization must contend with an unconscious force which can block, betray or countermand almost any conscious intention of the collectivity.   —

There's no such thing as equal justice anywhere. It's unsettling to a society when you try to achieve such a false balance.

what other society would have such a natural regard for her privacy and comfort that the giver would intrude only enough to deposit the gift and not inflict her with the donor?

Indeed, it was the Bene Gesserit view that humans were life designed by evolution to create order.

Just as individuals are born, mature, breed, and die, so do societies and civilizations and governments.

Governments always commit their entire populations when the demands grow heavy enough. By their passive acceptance, these populations become accessories to whatever is done in their name.

All of them, she thought, an entire culture trained to military order. What a priceless thing is here for an outcast Duke!

It supports a ruling class that lives as ruling classes have lived in all times while, beneath them, a semihuman mass of semislaves exists on the leavings…

In the perfect society, there is neither emotion nor mercy; precious space cannot be wasted on those who have outlived their usefulness.

The Lord Leto says that when it was denied an external enemy, the all-male army always turned against its own population. Always.

The music of a civilization has far-reaching consequences on consciousness and, thus, influences the basic nature of a society. Music and its rhythms divert and compel the awareness, describing the limits within which a consciousness, thus fascinated, may operate. Control the music, then, and you own a powerful tool with which to shape the society. ?The Dosadi Analysis, BuSab Documents

There is a fundamental tension between science and freedom - no matter how science is viewed by its practitioners nor how freedom is sensed by those who believe they have it.

Too few individuals, and a people reverts to a mob.

În ceea ce îi priveÅŸte pe oameni, întrebarea este nu cîÅ£i pot supravieÅ£ui în cadrul sistemului, ci ce fel de existen?? va fi posibil? pentru cei ce vor supravieÅ£ui.

The Duke felt in this moment that his own dearest dream was to end all class distinctions and never again think of deadly order.

Are we a troop together or a band of savages?

Past civilizations without number have foundered on the rocks of equal justice. Such foolishness destroys the natural hierarchies which are far more important. Any individual takes on significance only in his relationship to your total society.

Our civilization could well die of indifference within it before succumbing to external attack. The

Cada civilización depende de la calidad de los individuos que produce.

Conduc?torul trebuie s? menÈ›in? nivelul indivizilor. Prea puÈ›ini indivizi... È™i un popor degenereaz? în gloat?.