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Society Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation.
- That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for…
- Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved,…
- Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even to…
- A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a…
- All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
- Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you…
- Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
More Society Quotes
- The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls.… — 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,… — Paul Auster
- Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been… — 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… — Karen Armstrong
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — 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… — 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… — Isaac Asimov
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi