Society Quotes
The exercise of natural rights has no limits but such as will ensure their enjoyment to other members of society.
Marquis De Lafayette
French military officer
The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself.
Leon Trotsky
Former Member of the Constituent Assembly of Russia
When I was young, the constraints of Chinese society and my personal timid and cautious nature both drove me to seek a means to go against control. Gunpowder has an inherent uncertainty and uncontrollability and is an important means for me to relieve myself of constraint.
Cai Guo-Qiang
Chinese artist
I don't understand and don't enjoy sci-fi, and it's just that if people aren't real, and they don't live in a real and recognizable society, I don't understand what to do.
Peter Morgan
British screenwriter
One of our brainchildren is a still viable Science and Society course.
Philip Warren Anderson
American theoretical physicist
It may be that by watching everywhere we go, by watching everything we do, by analyzing every word we say, by waiting and passing judgment over every association we make and every person we love, that we could uncover a terrorist plot, or we could discover more criminals. But is that the kind of society we want to live in?
Edward Snowden
American-Russian consultant
I don't believe that killing the French model in order to become the U.K. or the United States overnight is the solution. You have a big debate on inequality there, and for our society, a lot of inequality would not be bearable.
Emmanuel Macron
President of France
I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mold society.
Marya Mannes
American writer
We seek to create a united Democratic and non-racial society.
Oliver Tambo
South African Politician
I spent my life behind bars, and what people don't know is getting out of prison is really nerve-racking - you're not used to society; you're not used to the world going by so fast - so to step on that lot was quite overwhelming.
Richard Cabral
American actor
If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.
Ibrahim Babangida
Former President of Nigeria
In 1989, I was awarded the Von Neumann Prize in Operations Research Theory by the Operations Research Society of America and The Institute of Management Sciences. They cited my works in the areas of portfolio theory, sparse matrix techniques and the SIMSCRIPT programming language.
Harry Markowitz
American economist
When I was younger, I read a book by Frank Barnaby, this wonderful nuclear physicist - he said that media had a responsibility, that all sectors of society had a responsibility to try and progress things and move things forward. And that fascinated me, because I'd been messing around with a camera most of my life.
Jeremy Gilley
English actor
I can still crack a safe with one hand tied behind my back. I'm not proud of it. But I was always against society.
Evel Knievel
American stunt performer
'Hunger Games' is a tried-and-true tale about a totalitarian society. It's more similar to China than America, but it's also similar to Nazi Germany and anywhere where the populace gets semi-brainwashed into serving the agenda of a very few.
Elizabeth Banks
American actress
Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.
Billy Graham
American evangelist
The 'X-Men' stories are the stories of outsiders: people who don't fit into normal society and are ostracised; it's a metaphor for gender, race, or sexual orientation.
Noah Hawley
American director
Already, even before we have left the EU, Brexit is damaging our country, our economy, our society and our standing in the world - damage that will be worsened by the kind of ruinous no deal being pledged by some who aspire to become prime minister.
Betty Boothroyd
Former Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.
George Mason
American politician
Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.
Honore De Balzac
French novelist
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