Top Sociology Quotes

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of Libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.

My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it. So...

Sociology Definition

(n.) That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science.

In the savage horde the most vagabond, as well as in the most civilized nations of Europe, man is only what he is made to be by external circumstances; he is necessarily elevated by his equals; he con...