The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law. Ayn Rand
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. Thomas Paine
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. John Adams
Society therefore is an ancient as the world. Voltaire
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families. Margaret Thatcher
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. Gilbert K. Chesterton
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it. Ernst Fischer
I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society. Joel Osteen
I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession. John Wooden
A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable. H. L. Mencken
In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. Karl Marx
I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society. Mike Tyson
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. B. R. Ambedkar
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. Niccolo Machiavelli
If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously. Jerry Garcia
The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. Victor Hugo
Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way. Bill Gates