Quotes About Society

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The happiness of society is the end of government.

John Adams

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

John F. Kennedy

In a totally sane society, madness is the only freedom.

J. G. Ballard

If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don't like.

Noam Chomsky

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Monty Python

You know when it comes to racism, people say: "I don't care if they're black, white, purple or green." Woah, hold on now! Purple or green? You gotta draw the line somewhere! To hell with purple people! - Unless they're suffocating - then help'em.

Mitch Hedberg

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.

C. JoyBell C

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

John Lennon

Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.

Honoré de Balzac