Famous Quotes

"Society is the union of men and not the men themselves."

Charles de Secondat on Society

More quotes about Society

• "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Society

• "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."

  Robert A. Heinlein on Society

• "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

  Jiddu Krishnamurti on Society

• "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

  Dwight D. Eisenhower on Society

• "There is more to life than increasing its speed."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Society

More quotes by Charles de Secondat

• "Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us."

• "As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness equality ceases, and then commences the state of war."

• "But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go."

• "There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic."

• "Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us."