Quotes about Society
How oft, in nations gone corrupt, and by their own devices brought down to servitude, That man chooses bondage before liberty. Bondage with ease before strenuous liberty.
— John Milton
I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap men mean a cheap country.
— William McKinley
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The money paid at consumption is paid by everybody, including illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers.
— Mike Huckabee
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.
— Alain de Botton
I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can't beg it, borrow it, or steal it; and so I have resolved that I must marry it.
— Charles Dickens
In their hearts women think that it is men's business to earn money and theirs to spend it.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.
— Barack Obama
Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth.
— Mark Twain
There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor.
— Oscar Wilde
Definition of the upper crust: A bunch of crumbs held together by dough.
— Anonymous
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.