Quotes about Society
Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.
- Thomas Paine
A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.
- CS Lewis
Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending non-corrupt communication.
- Rowan Williams
For me this is the vital litmus test: no intellectual society can flourish where a Jew feels even slightly uneasy.
- Paul Johnson
Satire exists for the purpose of killing the social being [for the sake of] the true individual, the real human being.
- DH Lawrence
Look, I can surely say by now that I've got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wonder which of the two systems is better.
- Pope John Paul II
Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat surface.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
If we want any significant development, we must co-opt civil society.
- Nelson Mandela
Culture is a product of law. And laws create norms for society. This is why anyone who wants to change the culture of a country must try to change the norms of the country.
- Myles Munroe
Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.
- Donald Miller
The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
- Eleanor Roosevelt