--- title: "10 Society Means Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Society Means quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Society Means sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/anonymous-1_bleeding-heart_society-must-take-every-means-at-its-dis_918819.jpg" --- > [Society must take every means at its disposal to defend itself against the emergence of a parallel power which defies the elected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/society-must-take-every-means-at-its-disposal-to-defend-itself/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/anonymous-1_bleeding-heart_society-must-take-every-means-at-its-dis_918819.jpg) > [To be located in society means to be at the intersection point of specific social forces. Commonly one ignores these forces one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-l-berger/to-be-located-in-society-means-to-be-at-the-intersection-point-of/) [Peter L. Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-l-berger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/peter-l-berger-8474_awful_to-be-located-in-society-means-to-be-at_2534832.png) > [Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-maslow/work-is-that-which-you-dislike-doing-but-perform-for-the-sake-of/) [Abraham Maslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-maslow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/abraham-maslow-2146_career_work-is-that-which-you-dislike-doing-but_718842.png) > [Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kasich/affirmative-action-has-a-negative-effect-on-our-society-when-it-means/) [John Kasich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kasich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/john-kasich-1650_action_affirmative-action-has-a-negative-effect_219036.png) > [“Creating equality in the society means helping poor to become prosperous and not asking prosperous to become poor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/creating-equality-in-the-society-means-helping-poor-to-become/) [Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/amit-kalantri-279_amit-kalantri_creating-equality-in-the-society-means-h_877145.jpg) > [You can't get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-darrow/you-can-t-get-to-a-pleasant-place-to-be-at-unless-you-use-pleasant/) [Clarence Darrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-darrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/clarence-darrow-1714_community_you-can-t-get-to-a-pleasant-place-to-be_2619525.png) > [“If economics were only about profit maximization, it would be just another name for business administration. It is a social discipline, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dani-rodrik/if-economics-were-only-about-profit-maximization-it-would-be-just/) [Dani Rodrik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dani-rodrik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/dani-rodrik-61932_business_if-economics-were-only-about-profit-maxi_2939179.jpg) > [Living in, and promoting a eugenic White society. This means that we take particular care in not only assuring the perpetuation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-klassen/living-in-and-promoting-a-eugenic-white-society-this-means-that-we/) [Ben Klassen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-klassen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/843/ben-klassen-39535_breeding_living-in-and-promoting-a-eugenic-white_2594327.png) > [“Even a short-lived visit to the bottom level of society means that one is faced with one of the most important decisions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henning-mankell/even-a-short-lived-visit-to-the-bottom-level-of-society-means-that/) [Henning Mankell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henning-mankell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7a/henning-mankell-2068_community_even-a-short-lived-visit-to-the-bottom-l_999331.jpg) > [“People do not always remember that politics, economics, and social organisation generally, belong in the realm of means, not ends. Our political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/people-do-not-always-remember-that-politics-economics-and-social/) [Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/bertrand-russell-69_community_people-do-not-always-remember-that-polit_2460962.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/society-means/#itemlist", "name": "Society Means Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Society must take every means at its disposal to defend itself against the emergence of a parallel power which defies the elected power", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/society-must-take-every-means-at-its-disposal-to-defend-itself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/anonymous-1_bleeding-heart_society-must-take-every-means-at-its-dis_918819.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/anonymous-1_bleeding-heart_society-must-take-every-means-at-its-dis_918819.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/anonymous-1_bleeding-heart_society-must-take-every-means-at-its-dis_918819.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Society must take every means at its disposal to defend itself against the emergence of a parallel power…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be located in society means to be at the intersection point of specific social forces. 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