On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society... →
Kathy Acker
It used to be you had real friends on the other side of the aisle. It's not like that anymore. Society has changed. The public is to blame as... →
Gary Ackerman
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a... →
Lord Acton
American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.
Henry Adams
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
John Adams
The happiness of society is the end of government.
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
I'm a clown, which could be a public health role. I'm really interested in moving our society away from a society needing Xanax and Prozac... →
Patch Adams
When art is defined by Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons, you've got a society that's impoverished.
Robert Adams
Women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently.
Scott Adams