Quotes by Society Making conscious choices about what we eat, based on what the earth can sustain and what our bodies need, can help remind us that our whole society must begin to balance sustainable production with human need. Frances Moore Lappé balance society choices It is an aphorism in physic, that unwholesome airs, because perpetually sucked into the lungs, do distemper health more than coarser diet used but at set times. The like may be said of society, which, if good, is a better refiner of the spirits than ordinary books. Frances Osborne society air book Society must be made to operate in such a way that it eradicates once and for all the desire of a man to become richer, or wiser, or more powerful than others. Francois-Noel Babeuf society powerful men I hold every man a debtor to his profession. Francis Bacon debtors society men Economics is not politics. One is a science, concerned with the immutable and constant laws of nature that determine the production and distribution of wealth; the other is the art of ruling. Frank Chodorov society law art You can tell all you need to about a society from how it treats animals and beaches. Frank Deford society animal beach Man seeketh in society comfort, use and protection. Francis Bacon society use men We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out. Franklin D. Roosevelt society trying country Man was formed for society. Francis Bacon society men One reason--perhaps the chief--of the virility of the Roosevelts is [their] very democratic spirit. They have never felt that because they were born in a good position they could put their hands in their pockets and succeed. They have felt, rather, that being born in a good position, there is no excuse for them if they did not do their duty by the community. Franklin D. Roosevelt society community hands It is easier to show the disorder that must accompany reform than the order that should follow it. Frederic Bastiat reform society order He that fancies such a sufficiency in himself that he can live without all the world is greatly mistaken; but he that imagines himself so necessary that other people cannot live without him is a great deal more mistaken. Francois de La Rochefoucauld society solitude people Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest. Frederick Douglass prove society men Every change in conditions will make necessary some change in the use of resources, in the direction and kind of human activities, in habits and practices. And each change in the actions of those affected in the first instance will require further adjustments that will gradually extend through the whole of society. Every change thus in a sense creates a "problemfor society, even though no single individual perceives it as such; it is gradually "solvedby the establishment of a new overall adjustment. Friedrich August von Hayek society use practice What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free. Friedrich August von Hayek liberty society would-be Cosmic reveries separate us from project reveries. They situate us in a world and not in a society. The cosmic reverie possesses a sort of stability or tranquility. It helps us escape time. It is a state. Gaston Bachelard society time world The newspaper reader says: this party will ruin itself if it makes errors like this. My higher politics says: a party which makes errors like this is already finished -- it is no longer secure in its instincts. Friedrich Nietzsche errors society party Society is the master, and man is the servant. George Augustus Henry Sala society masters men Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. George Bernard Shaw rich-poor society political Although I have made a fortune in the financial markets, I now fear that the untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the spread of market values into all areas of life is endangering our open and democratic society. The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat. George Soros society believe enemy «4567891011121314»