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A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent members.
“The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws.”
“In human society the warmth is mainly at the bottom.”
“He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society.”
“Our genetically enriched descendants may regard existence without "dukkha" - the abolition of suffering - as the ethical foundation of any civilised society.”
“As the French say, there are three sexes,—men, women, and clergymen.”
“The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.”
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