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Quotes About Society

Ideological clashes, antagonism, and fixations are as old as civilization.
~ Azar Gat
Again, as young males have always been the most aggressive element in society whereas older men were traditionally associated with a counsel of moderation and compromise, it has been suggested that the decline in young men's relative numbers may contribute to the pacificity of developed societies while explaining the greater belligerency of developing ones, particularly those of Islam.
~ Azar Gat
Oysa gezip dolaÅŸt???m yerlerde gördüm: BeÅŸ kuruÅŸunu sokaÄŸa atmak istemeyen ayd?nlar ÅŸehir kulüplerinde, öÄŸretmen derneklerinde, avc? kulüplerinde içkiyle, kumarla, iÅŸe yaramaz pis dedikodularla zamanlar?n? öldürüyor, uyuÅŸukluk, uyuntuluk içinde yavaÅŸ yavaÅŸ intihar ediyorlar. Yurdumuz için bundan daha büyük ziyanl?k düÅŸünülemez.
~ aziz nesin
İnsanlar kendi kaderlerine yüzüstü b?rak?ld?ktan, çoÄŸunluk mutsuz, tesadüflerin elinde oyuncak yap?ld?ktan sonra, onlara "özgürce rekabet ederek geliÅŸebilirsiniz!" demek, sömürenlerin, ezilen insanlara oynad??? bir oyundur.
~ aziz nesin
If there is any purpose or direction in the evolution of a culture, it has to do with bringing people under the control of more and more of the consequences of their behaviour.
~ B. F. Skinner
Any activity that adversely affects society is immoral.
~ B. J. Gupta
Man is a social animal. Without society he is nothing but animal. Yet many consider themselves 'self made'.
~ B. J. Gupta
Organizations rarely progress in absence of well defined codes of conduct and system to ensure that these are strictly adhered to. Same is true for society.
~ B. J. Gupta
Poor are poor because rich are rich.
~ B. J. Gupta
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
~ B. R. Ambedkar
A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
~ B. R. Ambedkar
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
~ B. R. Ambedkar
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
~ B. R. Ambedkar
A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.
~ B. R. Ambedkar
Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and fraternity. Their social ideal embodied in their religion denies them.
~ B. R. Ambedkar
Morals are taught & preached not for the sake of heaven, but to assist those people on earth who have everything they need & more to retain their possessions & to help them to accumulate still more. Morals is the butter for those who have no bread.
~ B. Traven
The air bit into your lungs because it was filled with poisonous gas escaping from the refineries. That sting in the air which made breathing so hard and unpleasant and choked your throat constantly meant that people were making money- much money.
~ B. Traven
there is no magic left in England now!
~ B.B.
Each of us has interests which conflict the interests of everybody else... 'everybody else' we call 'society'. It's a powerful opponent and it always wins. Oh, here and there an individual prevails for a while and gets what he wants. Sometimes he storms the culture of a society and changes it to his own advantage. But society wins in the long run, for it has the advantage of numbers and of age.
~ B.F. Skinner
The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background.
~ B.F. Skinner
In a pre-scientific society the best the common man can do is pin his faith on a leader and give him his support, trusting in his benevolence against the misuse of the delegated power and in his wisdom to govern justly and make war successfully.
~ B.F. Skinner
Science is human behavior, and so is the opposition to science. What
~ B.F. Skinner
The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it. Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about.
~ B.F. Skinner
At this very moment enormous numbers of intelligent men and women of goodwill are trying to build a better world. But problems are born faster than they can be solved.
~ B.F. Skinner