Society Quotes
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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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.
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Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.
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All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
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I think everybody thinks about death, but I’m not afraid of it. That’s one thing about this society – why is death a taboo? When I die I know I’m going back to the earth, I have no illusions about that, I don’t believe in an afterlife – it’s a natural, biological and chemical process to disintegrate back into the earth. If I die and people want to come to a small gathering to mark my life, people can dress and behave however they want. They can play table tennis on my coffin if they want, I’m just a vessel that’s going back to the earth. It’s the cycle of life.
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The costs of marriage breakdown are borne by the entire society, and therefore it is reasonable for the entire society to demand support for marriage - to insist that it is privileged both culturally and legally.
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The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.
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I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
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When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
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Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes?
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The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.
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The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment.
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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.
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The needs of a society determine its ethics.
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To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people.
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It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.
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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange.... Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society .
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The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.
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Compound interest on debt was the banker's greatest invention, to capture, and enslave, a productive society.
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Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.