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Quotations About Society

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.
Aristotle
The Complete Works of Aristotle


The age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded.
Edmund Burke
Reflections on the Revolution in France


No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.
Dave Barry
Dave Barry Turns 50


If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.
Pearl S. Buck


Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.
Erik Pepke


Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Mignon McLaughlin


Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself - at the expense of the new demands of each new generation.
John Haynes Holmes


Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon.
Octavio Paz


We live in a fast-paced society. Walking slows us down.
Robert Sweetgall


I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.
Reuben Blades


This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.
Matthew Arnold