Quotes about Society
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Stability, " insisted the Controller, "stability. The primal and the ultimate need. Stability. Hence all this.
- Aldous Huxley
If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
- Ronald Reagan
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
- Aristotle
Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
In today's society, looking good and feeling good often trumps doing good and being good. And some people don't know the difference anymore.
- Ravi Zacharias
Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.
- Dorothy Day
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the society; without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.
- Ronald Reagan
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.
- Jim Rohn
The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
- Pope John Paul II