"The essence of human nature is to be social."

"Society is a reality sui generis."

"There is no society known where a more or less developed criminality is not found under different forms. No people exists whose morality is not daily infringed upon. We must therefore call crime neces…"

"The primary function of religion is to maintain social cohesion."

"Our excessive tolerance with regard to suicide is due to the fact that, since the state of mind from which it springs is a general one, we cannot condemn it without condemning ourselves; we are too sa…"