Society Quotes

The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.

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.

Drama lives on conflict. If you're trying to deal with social issues seriously, there's no way of avoiding violence, which is so present in society.

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

Respect for the dignity of the human person is the foundational principle of any just society. From a Catholic perspective, it also forms the foundation of all of our Church's social teachings.

What I said was that in a democratic society, people must be permitted to make their choices and that the choices of women should not be subordinate to the choices of men, otherwise women are less than equal, are second-class citizens.

A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong.

My true function within a society which embraces all of us is to continue an age-old tradition. This tradition is to create images from the depths of the imagination and to give them form, whether visual, intellectual or musical.

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.

One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language.

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.

Mob law is the most forcible expression of an abnormal public opinion; it shows that society is rotten to the core.

The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin.

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else.

Well, we ought to be stirred, even to tears, by society's ills.

Our laws are a reflection of our culture. Our culture does not condone the torture of innocent and defenseless creatures. And we as a society believe all God's creatures should be treated humanely.

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.

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.

Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. We know that more than 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders, most of them young women.

I'm not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history.

Society is becoming less and less transparent. People no longer know where decisions that substantially affect their lives are taken, nor by whom, nor how.

If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.

You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.