--- title: "9 Social Purpose Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Social Purpose quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Social Purpose sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/j-h-plumb-75181_conscious_history-is-now-strictly-organized-powerf_1964913.png" --- > [History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-h-plumb/history-is-now-strictly-organized-powerfully-disciplined-but-it/) [J. H. Plumb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-h-plumb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/j-h-plumb-75181_conscious_history-is-now-strictly-organized-powerf_1964913.png) > [Our focus on meaningful projects means serving a useful social purpose while generating high-quality profits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masimi-iijima/our-focus-on-meaningful-projects-means-serving-a-useful-social/) [Masimi Iijima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masimi-iijima/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/masimi-iijima-261077_goals_our-focus-on-meaningful-projects-means-s_2825814.jpg) > [The Ten Commandments have a social purpose, for people who still need a social purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-ten-commandments-have-a-social-purpose-for-people-who-still-need/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/frederick-lenz-8_commandments_the-ten-commandments-have-a-social-purpo_265528.jpg) > [The idea that the State originated to serve any kind of social purpose is completely unhistorical. It originated in conquest and confiscation-th…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-j-nock/the-idea-that-the-state-originated-to-serve-any-kind-of-social/) [Albert J. Nock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-j-nock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/597/albert-j-nock-9816_class_the-idea-that-the-state-originated-to-se_1559246.png) > [Millennials are more aware of society's many challenges than previous generations and less willing to accept maximizing shareholder value as a sufficient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-porter/millennials-are-more-aware-of-society-s-many-challenges-than-previous/) [Michael Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-porter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/815/michael-porter-12352_accept_millennials-are-more-aware-of-society-s_3180534.jpg) > [I've come to recognize that social purpose must be embedded into the core DNA of a company. The questions 'Why do we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-schulman/i-ve-come-to-recognize-that-social-purpose-must-be-embedded-into-the/) [Dan Schulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-schulman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f87/dan-schulman-8935_business_i-ve-come-to-recognize-that-social-purpo_2337747.jpg) > [The idea that the State originated to serve any kind of social purpose is completely unhistorical. It originated in conquest and confiscation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-j-nock/the-idea-that-the-state-originated-to-serve-any-kind-of-social-2/) [Albert J. Nock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-j-nock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/albert-j-nock-9816_class_the-idea-that-the-state-originated-to-se_2875673.jpg) > [“Should a writer have a social purpose? Any honest writer is bound to become a critic of the society he lives in,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/should-a-writer-have-a-social-purpose-any-honest-writer-is-bound-to/) [Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/edward-abbey-254_social-critics_should-a-writer-have-a-social-purpose-an_1248787.png) > [“This reduction of 'society' to a thin membrane of interactions between private individuals is presented today as the ambition of libertarians and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-judt/this-reduction-of-society-to-a-thin-membrane-of-interactions-between/) [Tony Judt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-judt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/tony-judt-1730_community_this-reduction-of-society-to-a-thin-memb_67293.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/social-purpose/#itemlist", "name": "Social Purpose Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "History is now strictly organized, powerfully disciplined, but it possesses only a modest educational value and even less conscious social purpose.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J. 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