Social life in a society is only possible when the people…

“he who had never learned to obey cannot be a good commander”

— Aristotle

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

— Aristotle

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.

— Thomas a Kempis

There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of…

— Ellen Terry

Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey…

— Marcus Aurelius

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

— Solon

In such a society as ours the only possible chance for change, for mobility, for political, economic, and moral flow lies in the tactics…

— Kathy Acker

“In the long run, a hierarchical society was only possible on a basis of poverty and ignorance. To”

— George Orwell

What makes the existence and the evolution of society possible is precisely the fact that peaceful cooperation under the social division of labor in…

— Ludwig von Mises

Dissimulation is the only thing that makes society possible; without its amenities the world would be a bear-garden.

— Ouida

As society is only possible if everyone, while living his own life, at the same time helps others to live; if every individual is…

— Ludwig von Mises

We must face the ultimate contradiction that our free and democratic society was made possible by massive slave labor.

— David Brion Davis

I have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible.

— Gore Vidal

“It was possible, no doubt, to imagine a society in which wealth, in the sense of personal possessions and luxuries, should be evenly distributed,…

— George Orwell

“If it once became general, wealth would confer no distraction. It was possible no doubt to imagine a society in the sense of personal…

— George Orwell