Quotes about Society
Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending non-corrupt communication.
— Rowan Williams
For me this is the vital litmus test: no intellectual society can flourish where a Jew feels even slightly uneasy.
— Paul Johnson
Satire exists for the purpose of killing the social being [for the sake of] the true individual, the real human being.
— DH Lawrence
Look, I can surely say by now that I've got the antibodies to communism inside me. But when I think of consumer society, with all its tragedies, I wonder which of the two systems is better.
— Pope John Paul II
Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat surface.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
If we want any significant development, we must co-opt civil society.
— Nelson Mandela
Culture is a product of law. And laws create norms for society. This is why anyone who wants to change the culture of a country must try to change the norms of the country.
— Myles Munroe
Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society.
— Donald Miller
The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have a chance to move in far better society than the Joneses. Why worry about keeping up with the Joneses? Keep up with the Angels and you'll be far wiser and happier.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
All too often the church holds up a mirror reflecting back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a different way.
— Philip Yancey