Society Quotes

And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means choosing how society can answer.

I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that.

But if you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no other reason than they've been brought there by no fault of their own, I don't think you have a heart. We need to be educating these children, because they will become a drag on our society.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity.

There's a wider agenda that speaks to what the Democratic Party has historically stood for, which are economic rights for those who are struggling in the middle class, concern for the poor, for economic justice for those who are marginalized in our society.

The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society.

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.

Early in 1888 one or two of us got together to establish our own Sheffield Socialist Society.

I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society.

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.

We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.

It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country.

I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood.

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents.

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.

A bore is a vacuum cleaner of society, sucking up everything and giving nothing. Bores are always eager to be seen talking to you.

Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be.

There is no higher value in our society than integrity.

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes.

If our society continues to support basic research on how living organisms function, it is likely that my great grandchildren will be spared the agony of losing family members to most types of cancer.

People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent.

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.