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I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.
Naguib Mahfouz on society

Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support.
Mario Batali on society

Everything in our society is so purposeful.
Sara Blakely on society

I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience.
Sara Blakely on society

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.
John Major on society

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.
Jacob Bronowski on society

I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay.
Mary Douglas on society

All are agreed, that the increase of learning and good morals are great blessings to society.
Joseph Lancaster on society

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.
Kamisese Mara on society

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.
Paul Wellstone on society

Those born into poverty or on the margins of society require our extra support to realize their dreams.
Novak Djokovic on society

Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal.
Karl Rove on society

The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive.
John Zorn on society

That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.
Zakk Wylde on society

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.
Larry Niven on society

The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.
Jacques Delors on society

I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.
Damien Hirst on society

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.
Henry St. John on society

At its most basic the democratic contract is a simple one: the right to vote comes with a responsibility to society, through tax payments and citizenship.
Lucy Powell on society

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.
Joaquin Phoenix on society