A society that is all self-interest and no comradeship is not a society at all. But a society that is all comradeship and no self-interest is also not a society; it is a sect - or, on the largest scale, totalitarianism.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
A society that admits misery, a humanity that admits war, seem to me an inferior society and a debased humanity; it is a higher society and a more elevated humanity at which I am aiming - a society without kings, a humanity without barriers.
A society - any society - is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools, public libraries, public transportation, public hospitals, public parks, public museums, public recreation, public universities, and so on.
Even if one is interested only in one's own society, which is one's prerogative, one can understand that society much better by comparing it with others.
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak.
What is a society without a heroic dimension?
Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units.
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.