Famous Quotes

"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."

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."

• "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."