society
“A true-bred merchant is the best gentleman in the nation.”
“Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad.”
“Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.”
“Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.”
“Cherchez la femme!”
“Nothing succeeds like success.”
“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.”
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”
“Education is a social process; education is growth.”
“The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.”
“Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.”
“Authority does not belong to me; it emanates from the people.”
“We have all known the long loneliness, and we have learned that the only solution is love, and that love comes with community.”
“Popular culture is inescapable in the U.S. Why not use it?”
“The future belongs to crowds.”
“When asked what wine he found pleasant, he answered: that for which other people pay.”
“I am a citizen of the world.”
“But far more numerous was the herd of such, who think too little, and who talk too much.”
“The condition of the working class is the real foundation of the political state.”
“What each individual can do is dependent on the conditions given by history.”