1,004 Quotes Regarding Society


There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
Simone Weil

I believe if there is any place left where the humanity is still visible, it can not be anywhere else than in an Islamic society. Time would come when the world would be obliged to accept this reality.
Jermaine Jackson

Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.
Deepak Chopra

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
B. R. Ambedkar

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.
Alex Haley

The Internet: transforming society and shaping the future through chat.
Dave Barry

A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
Ralph Nader

Similarly, thought is a system. That system not only includes thought and feelings, but it includes the state of the body it includes the whole of society - as thought is passing back and forth between people in a process by which thought evolved from ancient times.
David Bohm

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
Bayard Rustin

As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue.
David Korten

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
Eric Hoffer

But we have created a society that does not allow opportunities for those people to take care of themselves because we have denied them those opportunities.
Muhammad Yunus

Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
Barry Bonds

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.
William Makepeace Thackeray

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.
Emma Goldman

A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
Vladimir Nabokov

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
Charles Caleb Colton

Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.
Janet Jackson

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.
William Ellery Channing

In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.
Desmond Tutu