Ideal Society – Quotes

The ideal society can

The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others. Edward Abbey

I think we need to just be very clear about what we’re trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we’re not trying to create the perfect democracy. We’re never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security. David Cameron

States can be more

States can be more or less democratic, and so can socialism. I think any ideal society that exists on a large scale, which is what we most likely have in store for us as a human race, will involve some aspects of socialism. Cynthia Kauffman

This present system by

This present system by which industry is motivated exclusively by the quest for maximal profits – though it may have helped a great deal to develop, to industrialize our country so rapidly and so successfully – now it’s clearly passed its usefulness. It is keeping us from achieving the ideal society that we should have. … Read more

To any intelligent being,

To any intelligent being, there is no emotion more important than hope. Individually or collectively, we must hope that the future will be better than the past, that our offspring, and theirs after them, will be a bit closer to an ideal society, whatever our perception of that might be… It is at those times when we feel we are contributing to that ultimate end… we feel true elation.
R. A. Salvatore