Society Begins Quotes
- The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If… — Jean Cocteau
- It is not till it is discovered that high individual incomes will not purchase the mass of mankind immunity from cholera, typhus, and ignorance, still… — R. H. Tawney
- Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations. — Baron de Montesquieu
- When a man meets his make, society begins. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. — Thomas Paine
- Pessimism is not in being tired of evil but in being tired of good. Despair does not lie in being weary of suffering, but in… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The happiness of any society begins with the well being of the families that live in it. — Kofi Annan