Society

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

German proverbs

The world we live in will be either better or worse depending on whether we become better or worse.

The world we live in will be either better or worse depending on whether we become better or worse.

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Theodore Roosevelt

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

Thomas Jefferson

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.

Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.

The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.

The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Trust is central to an economy that works.

Trust is central to an economy that works.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

When humor goes, there goes civilization.

When humor goes, there goes civilization.

Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.

Miguel de Cervantes

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

Theodore Roosevelt