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Welcome to Society Quotes, the ultimate source for inspirational and thought-provoking quotes about life, relationships, and the world around us. Here, you'll find a collection of quotes from some of the most influential people in history, as well as some of the most inspiring quotes from today's leading thinkers. Whether you're looking for a quote to motivate you, to make you laugh, or to make you think, you'll find it here. So, take a few moments to explore our collection and find the perfect quote to help you make the most of life.
Small: George Will - Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence
George Will
"Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence"
George Will, Journalist
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Small: Oscar Wilde - I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it i
Oscar Wilde
"I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy"
Oscar Wilde, Dramatist
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Small: J. B. Priestley - Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile
J. B. Priestley
"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile"
J. B. Priestley, Writer
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Small: John McGahern - Amongst Women concentrated on the family, and the new book concentrates on a small community.
"Amongst Women concentrated on the family, and the new book concentrates on a small community. The dominant units in Irish society are the family and the locality. The idea was that the whole world would grow out from that small space"
John McGahern, Writer
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Small: Thomas Jefferson - I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselve
Thomas Jefferson
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion"
Thomas Jefferson, President
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Small: Thomas Jefferson - Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society
Thomas Jefferson
"Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society"
Thomas Jefferson, President
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Small: George Will - A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligibl
George Will
"A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible "lifestyles" turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk food for the mind"
George Will, Journalist
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Small: Aristotle - He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must
Aristotle
"He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god"
Aristotle, Philosopher
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Small: Benjamin Disraeli - If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about soci
Benjamin Disraeli
"If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
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Small: Ralph Waldo Emerson - In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
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Small: Ralph Waldo Emerson - The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
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Small: Ralph Waldo Emerson - Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
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Small: Mahatma Gandhi - Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all impe
Mahatma Gandhi
"Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment"
Mahatma Gandhi, Leader
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Small: Eric Hoffer - There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other
Eric Hoffer
"There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
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Small: Eric Hoffer - One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwif
Eric Hoffer
"One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
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Small: Charles Dickens - That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pitys
Charles Dickens
"That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society"
Charles Dickens, Novelist
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Small: Voltaire - Society therefore is an ancient as the world
Voltaire
"Society therefore is an ancient as the world"
Voltaire, Writer
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Small: Thomas Fuller - Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is
Thomas Fuller
"Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side; of the face can smile while the other is pinched"
Thomas Fuller, Clergyman
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Small: Arthur C. Clarke - Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society
Arthur C. Clarke
"Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society"
Arthur C. Clarke, Writer
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Small: Mary MacCracken - I learned that no child is ever lost. They may be lost to their families, lost to society, b
Mary MacCracken
"I learned that no child is ever lost. They may be lost to their families, lost to society, but they are never lost to themselves"
Mary MacCracken, Writer
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Small: William Ellery Channing - No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, i
William Ellery Channing
"No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent"
William Ellery Channing, Writer
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Small: William Ellery Channing - The great hope of society is in individual character
William Ellery Channing
"The great hope of society is in individual character"
William Ellery Channing, Writer
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Small: Adlai Stevenson - A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular
Adlai Stevenson
"A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular"
Adlai Stevenson, Politician
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Small: John Stuart Mill - The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which
John Stuart Mill
"The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign"
John Stuart Mill, Philosopher
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Small: Lyndon B. Johnson - We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an adva
Lyndon B. Johnson
"We have entered an age in which education is not just a luxury permitting some men an advantage over others. It has become a necessity without which a person is defenseless in this complex, industrialized society. We have truly entered the century of the educated man"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
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Small: John Stuart Mill - Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded and the
John Stuart Mill
"Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained"
John Stuart Mill, Philosopher
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Small: Robert Frost - The best things and best people rise out of their separateness Im against a homogenized society
Robert Frost
"The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise"
Robert Frost, Poet
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Small: Robert Frost - If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom
Robert Frost
"If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom"
Robert Frost, Poet
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Small: Robert Frost - A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity
Robert Frost
"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity"
Robert Frost, Poet
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Small: Vince Lombardi - People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the pr
Vince Lombardi
"People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
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Small: Vince Lombardi - Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a s
Vince Lombardi
"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
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Small: John Stuart Mill - The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of ge
John Stuart Mill
"The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time"
John Stuart Mill, Philosopher
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Small: Francois de La Rochefoucauld - There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices"
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer
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Small: Albert Einstein - All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded
Albert Einstein
"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
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Small: Lyndon B. Johnson - Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and I
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
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Small: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe - One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude"
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer
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Small: Lyndon B. Johnson - I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
"I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
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Small: Lyndon B. Johnson - I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their gove
Lyndon B. Johnson
"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
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Small: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero - The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society w
"The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength"
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Politician
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Small: Thor Heyerdahl - It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than amo
Thor Heyerdahl
"It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch"
Thor Heyerdahl, Explorer
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