Society - Quotes & Sayings
What's done to children, they will do to society.
Karl A. MenningerSociety has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking.
Ludwig von MisesOnly here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human expression.
Joseph JarmanThere's always a need for new superheroes. As society changes, the types of superheroes will probably change as well.
Matt BomerPeople are overweight and starving at the same time. It's a tragedy for both the individual and society.
Kimbal MuskEverything has changed in recent decades - the economy, technology, cultural attitudes, the demographics of the workforce, the role of women in society, and the structure of the American family. It's about time our laws caught up. We watch 'Modern Family' on television, but we're still living by 'Leave It To Beaver' rules.
Thomas E. PerezCapital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
Orrin HatchSuburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
Bill VaughanSociety is the union of men and not the men themselves.
Charles de SecondatWe live in a society that, for the most part, is morally and spiritually bankrupt. Our culture is a culture of consumerism. How sustainable is that?
Benjamin BrattThere is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.
Kofi AnnanSociety exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Oscar WildeI should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.
Nelson MandelaI believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.
Andrew CuomoIt is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white society.
Martin Luther King, Jr.I think women and children and older people are the three least-respected groups in our society.
Aretha FranklinOne of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.
Jerry GarciaA society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
H. L. MenckenNo one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the essential role a newspaper can play in its community.
Robert KennedySpace exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.
Neil deGrasse TysonAs in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.
Henry David ThoreauIn every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.
John F. KennedyTo cut short the question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two individuals of whom one is absolutely innocent, and the other absolutely guilty. The victim, to be sure, is innocent. But can the society that is supposed to represent the victim lay claim to innocence?
Albert CamusThere are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.
Nelson MandelaThe love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.
Maya AngelouMeasures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
Mahatma GandhiPower is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.
Michel FoucaultAs society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.
BeckAn armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Robert A. HeinleinSociety cares for the individual only so far as he is profitable.
Simone de BeauvoirI think the greatest of people in society carved niches that represented the unique expression of their combinations of talents, and if everyone had the luxury of expressing the unique combinations of talents in this world, our society would be transformed overnight.
Neil deGrasse TysonArguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.
Oscar WildeI suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
Oscar WildeIt is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Isaac AsimovIn December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
Barack ObamaTruth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.
Thomas JeffersonWhat I work hard at doing is staying on a path of being kind and showing and proving that I'm a good person to society. That's hard. The talent, that's a gift. I just came here like that.
Erykah BaduIf you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.
Guy KawasakiCivility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it.
Jeremy IronsWe live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded.
Neil deGrasse TysonHow terribly downright must be the utterances of storms and earthquakes to those accustomed to the soft hypocrisies of society.
John MuirWhen an industry matures, it means it's not advancing, and of course the jobs go overseas. That's the obligation of the multi-national corporation: to put the factory where it can make the widget as cheap as possible. Don't get angry when a corporation does that; we've all bought into this concept. We live in a capitalistic society.
Neil deGrasse TysonThe human body and mind are tremendous forces that are continually amazing scientists and society. Therefore, we have no choice but to keep an open mind as to what the human being can achieve.
Evelyn GlennieI get enormous satisfaction from knowing I'm doing something for society.
Neil deGrasse TysonWe have bred multiple generations of people who have not experienced knowing where you are the moment a news story broke, with that news story being great and grand and something that elevates society instead of diminishes it.
Neil deGrasse TysonI have real good parents. They poor. They have regular, poor jobs and what not. They real good people and what not; I was just raised in a bad society.
Cardi BThe health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
Alexis de Tocqueville