Society Quotes

"Throughout history, population size and innovation levels are linked" "The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history." "Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?" "In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give early in your youth a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob." "Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future." "Everything is amazing right now and nobody is happy" "Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy" "The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding" "The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame." "The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast." "America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between." "Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future." "A nation will prosper only when its young people thrive" "Governance is about fulfilling the people's needs" "Society flourishes when people think entrepreneurially" "We are living in an environment where people think appearances are reality" "The future of humanity depends on us all." "In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are" "The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work, when you go to church, when you pay your taxes" "There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions"