Famous Quotes

"But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world."

Peter L. Berger 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 Peter L. Berger

• "Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy."

• "Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture. By culture we mean beliefs, values and lifestyles. We cover a broad range of issues, and we work very internationally."

• "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."