Quotes about Society
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
— Herbert Hoover
I hope my books make statements about our general condition.
— William Golding
Above all I hope that the education of the common people will be attended to so they won't forget the basic principles of freedom.
— Thomas Jefferson
Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Human trafficking is an open wound on the body of contemporary society, a scourge upon the body of Christ. It is a crime against humanity.
— Pope Francis
One can regard the moral law as an illusion, and so cut himself off from the common ground of humanity.
— CS Lewis
And all, but Lust, is turned to dust In Humanity's machine.
— Oscar Wilde
Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.
— Thomas Paine
Denial of Russia in the name of humanity it is - robbing humanity
— Nikolai Berdyaev
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
— Cicero
A decrepit society shuns humor as a decrepit individual shuns drafts.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?
— William Golding