Quotes about Society
Society as a whole must defend the conceived child's right to life and the true good of the woman who can never, in any circumstances, find fulfilment in the decision to abort.
— Pope Benedict XVI
We need to change society's ordering principle from economic to humanitarian values, from money as the bottom line to love as the bottom line.
— Marianne Williamson
Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.
— Benjamin Disraeli
And, to help society at large to understand that in the equation of life, fathers are of equal importance as mothers.
— Malik Yoba
Of more worth is one honest man to society, and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.
— Thomas Paine
A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.
— CS Lewis
Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Where we find hate and darkness, may we bring love and hope, in order to give a more human face to society.
— Pope Francis
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