National unity, if it is to mean anything in the deeply personal sense must be founded on confidence in one’s own individual identity; out of this can grow respect for that of others and a willingness to share ideas, attitudes, and assumptions. A vigorous policy of multiculturalism will create this initial confidence. It can form […]
Society Quotes
The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and eternal punishment to buttress; you need a religion if you are terrified of death.
It is customary nowadays to speak of “social engineering.” Like planning, this term is a synonym for dictatorship and totalitarian tyranny. The idea is to treat human beings in the same way in which the engineer treats the stuff out of which he builds bridges, roads, and machines.
The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you.
To get into the best society nowadays, one has either to feed people, amuse people, or shock people.
Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. In area after area – crime, education, housing, race relations – the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history […]
A man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the exquisites who are going to rule.
A village is a hive of glass, where nothing unobserved can pass.
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.
