society Quotes (24)

“The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood.”

“Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior.”

“Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down.”

“NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.”

“Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.”

“Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.”

“There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.”

“Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies.”

“The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness.”

“Abortion is a sad feature of modern life.”

“Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.”

“The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.”

“Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it.”

“Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.”

“The most violent element in society is ignorance.”

“Hunger is a problem for the urban poor and the rural poor. Nobody should go to bed hungry.”

“We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.”

“If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.”

“Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.”

“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.”

“An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.”

“Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.”

“In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top.”

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”