Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.

I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.

The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.