society
“The majority is never right.”
“A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.”
“The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”
“War is the father of all and king of all.”
“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”
“An armed society is a polite society.”
“There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.”
“The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease.”
“The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.”
“The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”
“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”
“Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray.”
“Under capitalism, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.”
“Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.”
“I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.”
“Which is better—to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”
“What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.”
“Where there is power, there is resistance.”