The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.

The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society.

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man no society will survive a shortage of women.

My fellow Americans, you have to decide what kind of country you want to live in. If you want a you're on your own, winner take all society you should support the Republican ticket. If you want a country of shared opportunities and shared responsibilities - a 'we're all in it together' society, you should vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

America's a very traumatized society.

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one.

Women are treated differently by society for exactly the same reason that children and the mentally handicapped are treated differently.