In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning. Carl Sandburg
The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age. Orson Welles
Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility. Thomas Szasz
Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards. Robert Orben
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic. Thomas Szasz
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. C. Wright Mills
I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest. A. Whitney Brown
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. James Madison
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top. Timothy Leary
The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves. Arnold J. Toynbee
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. Adlai E. Stevenson
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. Jean de la Bruyere
You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars. Charles Kuralt
One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition. Alvin Toffler
I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible. Boyd Rice
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. Georg C. Lichtenberg
To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole. Baruch Spinoza
Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also. Charles Horton Cooley
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. Martha Beck
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. Bill Vaughan