Society Quotes

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The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls. That is the… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods, most of which… — Paul Auster
Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a… — J. J. Abrams
Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism, Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut, visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out… — Karen Armstrong
Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different… — Karen Armstrong
In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand. — Neil Armstrong
At one of the annual conventions of the American Society for Aesthetics much confusion arose when the Society for Anesthetics met at the same time… — Rudolf Arnheim
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
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… — Isaac Asimov
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and… — Rowan Atkinson
The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller, to whom the… — Margaret Atwood
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. — Marcus Aurelius
Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. — Alfred Austin
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a… — Ibrahim Babangida
There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian family is built… — Ibrahim Babangida

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