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Quote by George Santayana
Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on. – George Santayana

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Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. – George Santayana

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That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject. – George Santayana

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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. – Ralph Nader

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Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has. – Randolph Bourne

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The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. – John F. Kennedy

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When Gandhi was asked what he thought of Western civilization, he said, “It would be nice.” – Author Unknown

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You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted. – Ruth E. Renkl

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