Quotes About Society

Cellatlar?n?n ipine ko?up idam edilece?ine, insan ya?am?n?n ve iyi ?eylerin korunmas? için bir yasa yarat.

Bilgili kimseye öykünmeyi beceremiyorsun ama soyguncuya öykünmeyi çok iyi beceriyorsun. Filmlerin, radyo programlar?n, "güldürü kitaplar?n" hep cinayetlerle dolu.

Sana aptal oldu?unu söylüyorlar. Bense ak?ll? ama korkak oldu?unu söylüyorum. Sana insan toplumunun süprüntüsü diyorlar. Bense onun tohumu oldu?unu söylüyorum. Uygarl???n kölelere gereksinmesi oldu?unu söylüyorlar. Ben, hiçbir uygarl???n kölelerle kurulamayaca??n? söylüyorum.

Senin "kamuoyu" dedi?in ?ey, bütün küçük adam ve küçük kad?nlar?n görü?lerinin toplam?d?r. Her küçük adam ve küçük kad?n?n do?ru ve yanl?? görü?leri vard?r. Yanl?? görü?leri vard?r, çünkü ba?ka küçük adam ve küçük kad?nlar?n yanl?? görü?lerinden korkmaktad?rlar. Bu korku yüzünden do?ru görü?ler dile getirilmez.

Le but de l'éducation, dès son origine, est d'élever les enfants en vue du mariage et de la famille. (p. 134)

A hermit is simply a person to whom civilization has failed to adjust itself.

You can't do much for the poor, as they are not in with the right people.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.

As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks. Historians are pessimists because they ignore the banks for the river.

There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure.

Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing song.

The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations.

The laws that Charondas gave to Catana,... A man might divorce his wife, or a wife her husband, said Charondas, but then he or she must not marry anyone younger than the divorced mate.

In progressive societies the concentration[of wealth] may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability in the few rich; then the unstable equilibrium generates a critical situation, which history has diversely met by legislation redistributing wealth or by revolution distributing poverty.

It is useful to remember, however, that neglecting valid stereotypes inevitably results in suboptimal judgments. Resistance to stereotyping is a laudable moral position, but the simplistic idea that the resistance is costles is wrong. The costs are worth paying to achieve a better society, but denying that the costs exist, while satisfying to the soul and politically correct, is no scientifically defensible.

policy is ultimately about people, what they want and what is best for them.

Freedom has a cost, which is borne by individuals who make bad choices, and by a society that feels obligated to help them.

the idea of money primes individualism: a reluctance to be involved with others, to depend on others, or to accept demands from others.

we are statistically punished for being nice

The costs are worth paying to achieve a better society, but denying that the costs exist, while satisfying to the soul and politically correct, is not scientifically defensible.