Perfect Society

Perfect society may refer to :

  • Societas Perfecta, the name given to one of several political philosophies of the Roman Catholic Church in the fields of ecclesiology and canon law.
  • Utopia, a name for an ideal community or society, taken from the title of a book written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More.

Famous quotes containing the words perfect and/or society:

    “Even under the most perfect Social Democracy we should, without Communism, still be living like hogs, except that each hog would get his fair share of grub.... Whilst we are hogs, let us at least be well-fed, healthy, reciprocally useful hogs, instead of—well, instead of the sort we are at present.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “American feminists have generally stressed the ways in which men and women should be equal and have therefore tried to put aside differences.... Social feminists [in Europe] ... believe that men and society at large should provide systematic support to women in recognition of their dual role as mothers and workers.”
    —Sylvia Ann Hewitt (20th century)