Society Quotes

"In this world, goodness is overlooked " "The worst thing about being wise is that you are perpetually being asked why you aren’t rich." "The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules." "No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth." "People exist for one another." "The way we live has ramifications beyond our personal lives." "Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice" "Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others" "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within" "There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy " "The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible." "The reason people think it’s important to be white is that they think it’s important not to be black." "Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge." "The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual" "The foundations of justice are that no one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted."