Just what society owes these troubled inmates is open to debate.

But it recognizes the child as a human being to whom society owes some obligation.

How much does society owe the inmates?

The drug trade mocks and destroys the most basic safety rights a society owes citizens.

"Education is more than a luxury; it is a responsibility that society owes to itself."

I don't think society owed us free medical care.

Or that society owed her anything except respect, and the freedom to make herself useful.

Musical society in Rome also owed much to Corelli.

He needs help; they need the basic protection a decent society owes its citizens.

This was his right, he told himself: society owed him at least so much.