Quotes about Society
We need to build up society in the light of the Beatitudes, walking towards the Kingdom with the least among us.
— Pope Francis
I learned to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of nature, rather than a member of society.
— Henry David Thoreau
Agreeable society is the first essential in constituting the happiness and of course the value of our existence.
— Thomas Jefferson
It is our first duty to serve society, and after we have done that, we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls.
— Samuel Johnson
It is a problem, not clear in my mind, that [a society without government, as among our Indians] is not the best. But I believe it to be inconsistent with any great degree of population.
— Thomas Jefferson
There is a sort of economy in Providence that one shall excel where another is defective, in order to make men more useful to each other, and mix them in society.
— Joseph Addison
Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things.
— Kesha
All society is held together by nonviolence even as the earth is held in her position by gravitation.
— Mahatma Gandhi
It's a big error to dream of a society where nobody needs to be good.
— Mahatma Gandhi
When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut off a segment of my freedom.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The influence of the Church does not depend on the Church, it depends on the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit will never lose its influence. He is God and He is influencing society.
— Max Lucado
The wonder of a free-market society is that we can all do our best to package our message in an entertaining fashion and present it - and then everybody votes with their footsteps.
— Max Lucado