The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
Rollo May

A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual.
Vladimir Nabokov

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.
Marilyn Manson

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
Herbert Spencer

I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way.
Roy Lichtenstein

Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
Lord Acton

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.
Brendan Behan

Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender in a democratic society.
Marian Wright Edelman

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.
Alex Grey

In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.
John Naisbitt

Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.
John Naisbitt

Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.
Dorothy Day

We are shifting from a managerial society to an entrepreneurial society.
John Naisbitt

The whole system of society tells you what to do.
Barry White

Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
Yoko Ono

The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
Yoko Ono

The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
James Baldwin

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.
Vladimir Putin

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.
Vladimir Putin

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.
Pearl S. Buck