A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange... Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
- Aristotle


Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
- Ben Franklin


Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
- Mark Twain


Dogs never bite me. Just humans.
- Marilyn Monroe


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


I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
- Socrates


I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.
- Mahatma Gandhi


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


If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
- Socrates


It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
- Aristotle


It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.
- Albert Einstein


Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.
- Aristotle


Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.
- Anthony Bourdain


Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfillment.
- Mahatma Gandhi


Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
- Thomas Jefferson


Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
- Ben Franklin


We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
- Ronald Reagan


We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.
- Hillary Clinton


What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.
- Hillary Clinton


When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
- Thomas Jefferson


Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
- Mark Twain