The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e., the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. Karl Marx
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future. Brian Tracy
The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. Bertrand Russell
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. Salvador Dali
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. Edmund Burke
Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats. Thomas Sowell
Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. Ambrose Bierce
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. Pearl S. Buck
The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. James A. Baldwin
Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being. Miriam Makeba
The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society. Karl Marx
A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable. Robert Bork
A good person can make another person good it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society other persons will also be good. Bhumibol Adulyadej
We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole. Vladimir Putin
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. Edmund Burke
Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed? Milton Friedman
Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society. Edmund Burke
If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief. Benjamin Disraeli
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. Rollo May
There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices. Francois de La Rochefoucauld