“Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world, there are only individuals.” – Oscar Wilde
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Greek Proverb
“Society is like a stew. If you don’t stir it up every once in a while, a layer of scum floats to the top.” – Edward Abbey
“The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.” – Jimmy Carter
“The soul of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.” – Nelson Mandela
“Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.” – Mignon McLaughlin
“The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members.” – Pearl S. Buck
“Every society is judged by how it treats its least fortunate amongst them.” – Thomas Jefferson
“A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.” – Charles de Montesquieu
“We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or ballet, society or science.” – Edward Teller
“Society is a partnership in all science, a partnership in all art, a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection.” – Edmund Burke
“You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.” – Shirley Chisholm
“Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.” – Karl Marx
“A civilized society is one that tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.” – Robert Frost
“The function of freedom is to free someone else.” – Toni Morrison
“The real test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops—it is the kind of man the country turns out.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The greatness of a society is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” – Coretta Scott King
“Society is itself an education, and one whose power cannot be overestimated.” – Friedrich Schiller
“A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.” – Ralph Nader
“A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.” – Adlai Stevenson
“Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units.” – Valerie Solanas
“Society is based on communication and trust.” – Stephen Covey
“In an unjust society, silence is a weapon of the oppressor.” – Unknown
“Society can overlook murder, adultery, or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.” – Edmund Burke
“A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.” – Milton Friedman
“Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.” – Herbert Spencer
“Society is well-governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.” – Solon
“Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.” – John Major
“No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.” – Adam Smith
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” – Plutarch
“The first duty of society is justice.” – Alexander Hamilton
“In a society that has abolished every kind of adventure, the only adventure left is to abolish that society.” – Raoul Vaneigem
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” – H.E. Luccock
“Every society has the criminals it deserves.” – Emma Goldman
“When a society is rich, the few benefit at the expense of the many.” – Karl Marx
“Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” – Thucydides
“A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom.” – Chris Hedges
“Society is a voluntary cooperation of individuals for the advancement of their common interests.” – Ludwig von Mises
“Society is what we make of it, one kind word or one small action at a time.” – Unknown
“No man can live in society without subjecting himself to its codes.” – Thomas Paine
“Society shapes our morals, manners, and respect for others.” – Bryant H. McGill
“The greatness of a society lies in its capacity to value the worth of every individual.” – Unknown
“We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.” – Dalai Lama
“A society that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.” – Karl Marx
“Society thrives when its members are engaged, informed, and empathetic.” – Unknown
“The fabric of society is strengthened by understanding and compassion.” – Unknown
“To create a better society, we must first create better individuals.” – Unknown