Like art and politics gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.

I didn't become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. It's not the be all and end all for us. There are other very very key ambitions in politics not least social mobility and life chances that I care about as passionately if not more.

I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color.

I think politics is important. It's how we run our society. I think it should be natural to have an interest in the subject and I almost don't understand why some people don't.

Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself.

I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be for the world an example of a genuinely free democratic just and humane society.

A healthy democracy requires a decent society it requires that we are honorable generous tolerant and respectful.

Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation our distinction - that much of his poetry occupies.

By the general process of epic poetry I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality society or government.

Well I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence in fact make that transition and do it in relative peace and security.

I wish the Peace Corps and its volunteers continued success and perseverance. We are grateful for their contributions to society and dedication to providing assistance where it is needed. May the Peace Corps continue its legacy of service both at home and abroad.

Society has arisen out of the works of peace the essence of society is peacemaking.

By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail.

Modern society based as it is on the division of labor can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.

In a multi-racial society trust understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and order.

But in terms of how people live together how we minimize the prospects of conflict and maximize the prospects of peace the place of religion in our society today is essential.

In many ways when you're a Nobel peace laureate you have an obligation to humankind to society.

In every society in human history including the United States those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes packaged cake mixes frozen dinners and instant cameras teach patience to its young?

My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale New York society woman best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book 'Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers' - this despite being a person whose parenting style made Joan Crawford's wire hangers look like pool noodles.