Adulthood Quote by Edmund Burke

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more…

— Edmund Burke

“The mind has its needs, just as the body does. The latter are the foundations of society; from the former emerge the pleasures of…

— Jean Jacques Rousseau

“Society must go on, I suppose, and society can only exist if the normal, if the virtuous, and the slightly deceitful flourish, and if…

— Ford Madox Ford

Society does not exist for itself, but for the individual; and man goes into it, not to lose, but to find himself.

— Phillips Brooks

Society must be made to operate in such a way that it eradicates once and for all the desire of a man to become…

— Francois-Noel Babeuf

“The poor man retains the prejudices of his forefathers without their faith, and their ignorance without their virtues; he has adopted the doctrine of…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“It is the undeveloped mind that desires power over others. The developed mind seeks only to dominate itself!”

— Alan J. Buick

Society must be organized in such a way that mans social, loving nature is not separated from his social existence, but becomes one with…

— Erich Fromm

“Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness...”

— Albert Camus

It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

— Edmund Burke

“Society always tries to enslave, imprison, and execute its greatest men, those who dare to stand apart and rise above.”

— Sam Torode

“The security of society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of society, as a healthy organism, is the…

— Oscar Wilde