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Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.
Emile M. Cioran on society

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.
Eugene Ionesco on society

Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
Marilyn vos Savant on society

The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.
Noam Chomsky on society

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.
Dennis Prager on society

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
Friedrich Schiller on society

Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.
Lin Yutang on society

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.
Ibrahim Babangida on society

But hey, when you live in Watts, you need a little smack to get by, you know what I mean? You need something soft and comfortable in your life, 'cause you're not going to get it from what's around you. And society isn't going to give it to you.
Jerry Garcia on society

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Jawaharlal Nehru on society

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.
Elie Wiesel on society

That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.
Jeff Bridges on society

The test of one's behavior pattern is their relationship to society, relationship to work and relationship to sex.
Alfred Adler on society

In my view, there is nothing more vicious and outrageous than the abuse, exploitation and harm of the most vulnerable members of our society, and I firmly believe that our nation's laws and resources need to reflect the seriousness of these terrible crimes.
Bob Ney on society

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 this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.
Jean Cocteau on society

There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.
A. Bartlett Giamatti on society

American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.
Bryant H. McGill on society

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.
William J. Brennan, Jr. on society

This is the greatest society in all of human history, the greatest country ever. Many of the decisions being made in Washington today by both parties are threatening that greatness. And if we stay on this road we're on right now, our children are going to be the first Americans ever to inherit a diminished country.
Marco Rubio on society

America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society.
Marco Rubio on society