What Is Your Ideal Society?

I asked a few people in Manchester today what would be their definition of an ideal society. See some of their answers below:

Ø       A society where people are valued

Ø       Where people are respected for their choices, decisions, culture, behaviours, differences, and strive to ensure they contribute their quota to the system

Ø       A society where people take their chances and opportunities

Ø       Where everyone is treated equally, with respect and valued irrespective of their age, sex, race, colour and beliefs

Ø       An environment where things are working well and offenders are punished. Also, people who contribute to the development of the area be recognised and rewarded

Relevant quotes:

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state. - Thomas de Quincey

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. - Benjamin E. Mays

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil. - James Allen

My question is - How would you define an ideal society, and would it be tomfoolery to dream of having one considering the state we find ourselves.