“Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.”
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“I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.”
“We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.”
“A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.”
“I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.”
“Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.”
“If we had any nerve at all, if we had any real balls as a society, or whatever you need, whatever quality you need, real character, we would make an effort to really address the wrongs in this society, righteously.”
“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.”
“Society is at odds with itself.”
“Our modern society - especially in the West, and especially now - reveres youth.”
“I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.”
“The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.”
“I think the first duty of society is justice.”
“In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.”
“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.”
“We are all murderers and prostitutes - no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.”
“When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.”
“In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.”
“A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable.”
“A good person can make another person good it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society other persons will also be good.”
“Well first of all, tell me, is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? You think Russia doesn't run on greed? You think China doesn't run on greed? What is greed?”
“Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.”
“The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.”
“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”