Quotes & Anecdotes that can be used in Essays - Social Issues | UPSC Mains Essay Preparation PDF Download

Social issues are key in UPSC essays because they show how well you understand society's problems and how they affect governance. Talking about these issues proves you can think critically and come up with solutions, which is what the exam is all about.

1. The measure of a civilization is how it treats its weakest members.” – Mahatma Gandhi
2. “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde
3. “Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.” – Pearl S. Buck
4. “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” – Mahatma Gandhi
5. “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
6. “Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.” – Pope John Paul II
7. “The progress of the world will call for the best that all of us have to give.” – Mary McLeod Bethune
8. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
9. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
10. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
11. "Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world"— HILLARY CLINTON
12. "You educate a man, you educate a man. You educate a woman, you educate a generation"— BRIGHAM YOUNG
13. "To educate girls is to reduce poverty"— KOFI ANNAN
14. "Empower a woman - Empower a community" — KOFI ANNAN
15. "When women do better economies do better" — CHRISTINA LAGARDE
16. "There is no chance of the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. It is not possible for a bird to fly on one wing" — SWAMI VIVEKANAND
17. "We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back"— MALALA YOUSAFZAI
18. "The measure of any society is how it treats its women and girls" — MICHELLE OBAMA
19. "It is the health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver" — MAHATMA GANDHI

20. The empowered woman is powerful beyond measure and beautiful beyond description.” – Steve Maraboli