Famous Quotes

"The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society."

John Paul Stevens on Society

More quotes about Society

• "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Society

• "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life."

  Robert A. Heinlein on Society

• "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."

  Jiddu Krishnamurti on Society

• "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

  Dwight D. Eisenhower on Society

• "There is more to life than increasing its speed."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Society

More quotes by John Paul Stevens

• "To make a coverage decision, doesn't one have to make a medical judgment?"

• "The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion."