Society Quotes

When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.

~ Isaac Asimov

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

~ Thomas Paine

Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.

~ Jesse Helms

The freedom enjoyed in Western society under the rule of law and constitutional government explains both the quality of its civilization and its wealth.

~ Paul Johnson

Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.

~ Charles B. Rangel

I saw the government really using the excuse of a weak economy and a financial crisis to create more government and to push onto the American entrepreneurial society more and more restraints and government activity.

~ Rob Portman

Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society.

~ Carl Bernstein

I will work in partnership with the Government, all political parties, and civil society to safeguard and advance the future of all Singaporeans.

~ Tony Tan

I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.

~ Lyndon B. Johnson

We need an equal opportunity society, one in which government does not see its job as picking winners and losers. Where do you go if you want special favors? Government. Where do you go if you want a tax break? Government. Where do you go if you want a handout? Government. This must stop.

~ Bobby Jindal

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

Every generation has a macabre notion that wars, government prohibition, natural disasters or mankind itself could be the downfall of society and the world as a whole.

~ Lauren Destefano

It is vain to expect a well-balanced government without a well-balanced society.

~ Gideon Welles

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.

~ Martha Beck

Dating, like almost every other male-female interaction in present-day society, is based on outmoded and unequal social roles and expectations.

~ Lynn Coady

I personally have always hated dating. I was never vulnerable or insecure in any part of my life, but I would become that way with a guy because they have control, according to society, when it comes to dating.

~ Whitney Wolfe

There's nothing wrong with taking yourself out of the dating pool. You don't need to be in a relationship because that's what society expects of you or because your grandmother thinks you need to be married by a certain date. Those days are over. Instead, take a step back and say, 'I'm OK alone.'

~ Whitney Wolfe

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

~ Ayn Rand

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

~ J. Edgar Hoover

As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it.

~ Matt Gonzalez

HATE, even if it's making money. is an underground movie, that's how it was made. It's a film about police brutality in the largest sense, it's about the whole of society and not just about the hood.

~ Mathieu Kassovitz

Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society.

~ Maria Montessori

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

~ Theodore Roosevelt

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

~ James A. Baldwin

Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society.

~ Zaha Hadid

A liberal education is at the heart of a civil society, and at the heart of a liberal education is the act of teaching.

~ A. Bartlett Giamatti

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

It is not systematic education which somehow molds society, but, on the contrary, society which, according to its particular structure, shapes education in relation to the ends and interests of those who control the power in that society.

~ Paulo Freire

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

~ Jean De La Bruyère

By working to ensure we live in a society that prioritizes public safety, education, and innovation, entrepreneurship can thrive and create a better world for all of us to live in.

~ Ron Conway

No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them; and though different men may sometimes find it their interest to combine for the same purposes, they will never make it their pleasure.

~ Alexis De Tocqueville

Why are fanatics so terrified of girls' education? Because there's no force more powerful to transform a society. The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

~ Nicholas Kristof

LearnVest provides women with the necessary tools and resources to manage their personal finances; its core mission, to positively contribute to society through education and, ultimately, the promotion of self-sufficient and financially aware women.

~ Alexa Von Tobel

Girls' education is a human right. And along with its fundamental justice, it promises so much for the individual, for her family, for society, for all of us.

~ Ann Cotton

Just the simple act of sharing wisdom is something that many parents have left to society to do; however, that is not what God teaches in His word.

~ Monica Johnson

The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.

~ Daisaku Ikeda

Songs don't have to be about going out on Saturday night and having a good rink-up and driving home and crashing cars. A lot of what I've done is about alienation... about where you fit in society.

~ David Bowie

We've become such a multitasking society that just paying attention to the road doesn't seem to be that important anymore. I have to remind my kids all the time that that's what you're supposed to be doing in the car.

~ Andie Macdowell

If we desire a society of peace, then we cannot achieve such a society through violence. If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.

~ Bayard Rustin

People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

~ Nelson Mandela