The happiness of society is the end of government.

In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.

Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.