Society Quotes

It should seem, then, that the nature of society dictates another, a higher branch, whose superiority arises from its being the interested and natural conservator of the universal interest.

But hey, when you live in Watts, you need a little smack to get by, you know what I mean? You need something soft and comfortable in your life, 'cause you're not going to get it from what's around you. And society isn't going to give it to you.

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual.

Music is always a commentary on society.

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on.

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.

Society as a whole benefits immeasurably from a climate in which all persons, regardless of race or gender, may have the opportunity to earn respect, responsibility, advancement and remuneration based on ability.

Lebanon can choose to be either a partner in ridding the scourge of terrorism or another obstacle that cows to the most radical elements of society.

Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

I think we have grave problems. I am very much concerned about environmental questions, even though in Finnish society, we are not facing the most urgent problems.

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

I am in favor of reducing all budget items. But the item I don't want to reduce is the pension expenditure because it affects the weakest part of society.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.

To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.

Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric, of strong rights for workers and the weak in society.

For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community.

So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in.

I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.

Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars.

Like all social theories, internationalism must seek its basis in the economic and technical fields; here are to be found the most profound and the most decisive factors in the development of society.