#society

Nothing ever gets settled in this town. a seething debating society in which the debate never stops, in which people never give up, including me. And so that's the atmosphere in which you administer. ↗

— George P. Shultz

#atmosphere #debate #debating #ever #gets

Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#break #community #did #domestic #end

Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men; and his religion... was simply one side of the general scheme of conduct prescribed for him by his position as a member of society. ↗

— William Robertson Smith

#certain #conduct #fellow-men #fixed #general

Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units. ↗

— Valerie Solanas

#collection #community #family #isolated #merely

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law. ↗

— Solon

#law #magistrates #obey #people #society

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#best #lunatics #mad #most #people

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game. ↗

— Boris Spassky

#chess #closely #game #our #people

There is no higher value in our society than integrity. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#integrity #our #society #than #value

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#entitled #function #job #judges #our

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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