Quotes about Civilized

Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money. Votes: 5

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. Votes: 5

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. Votes: 5

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune. Votes: 4

The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life. Votes: 4

Only as we live, think, feel, and work outside the home, do we become humanly developed, civilized, socialized. Votes: 4

Civilized life exacts its toll. Votes: 3

Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love. Votes: 3

I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. Votes: 3

Color is nothing, anywhere. Civilized condition differences men, all over the globe. Votes: 3

Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer. Votes: 3

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. Votes: 3

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society. Votes: 3

She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated. Votes: 3

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. Votes: 3

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Votes: 3

Civilized men arrived in the Pacific, armed with alcohol, syphilis, trousers, and the Bible. Votes: 3

Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man. Votes: 3

I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive Votes: 3

I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we. Votes: 3

Civilized people have exchanged some part of their chances of happiness for a measure of security. Votes: 3

I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized. Votes: 3

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight. Votes: 3

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt. Votes: 3

A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war. Votes: 3

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life. Votes: 3

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law. Votes: 3

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. Votes: 3

Civilized people - Muslims, Christians and Jews - all understand that the source of freedom and human dignity is the Creator. Votes: 3

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. Votes: 3

Great Music, it said, and Great Poetry would like quieten Modern Youth down and make Modern Youth more Civilized. Civilized my syphilised yarbles. Votes: 3

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven. Votes: 3

Mankind, I hazard, wherever found, Civilized or Savage, cannot keep to any purpose for much length of time, except the purpose of destroying himself. Votes: 3

I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is not. Votes: 3

Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances. Votes: 3

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part. Votes: 3

Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets for the impulses which our remote ancestors satisfied in hunting. Votes: 3

CHILDREN Are Like ANGELS And On Earth, ANGELS Have No Color.... It's The Society To Blame That Teaches Racism, Turning An ANGLE To A Civilized Beast While They Are Growing Up.... Votes: 3

Civilized man longs for the illusion of barbarism. Either his culture fulfills this need by adopting its outer trappings, or he will be seduced by his first contact with a culture that does. Votes: 3

Civilized people can talk about anything. For them no subject is taboo.... In civilized societies there will be no intellectual bogeys at sight of which great grownup babies are expected to hide their eyes. Votes: 3

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. Votes: 1

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war. Votes: 1

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. Votes: 1

I am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it. Votes: 1

It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. Votes: 1

Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane. Votes: 1

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old. Votes: 1

The snake kills by squeezing very slowly. This is how the civilized world slowly, slowly pushes into the forest and takes away the world that used to be. Votes: 1

No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders. Votes: 1

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world. Votes: 1

The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else. Votes: 1

If pro-abortionists want to commit intellectual suicide and deny scientific facts, that's their problem. But there's no reason a civilized society should fund their anti-scientific outlook - or accept its inhumane consequences. Votes: 1

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women. Votes: 1

At least in Russia, you cannot just go and tap into someone's phone conversation without a warrant issued by court. That's more or less the way a civilized society should go about fighting terrorism. Votes: 1

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. Votes: 1

One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach. Votes: 1

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized. Votes: 1

The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning. Votes: 1

You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized. Votes: 1

What should we suppose must naturally be the consequence of our carrying on a slave trade with Africa? With a country, vast in its extent, not utterly barbarous, but civilized in a very small degree? Does any one suppose a slave trade would help their civilization? Votes: 1

They have some pretty tough gun laws in Japan, as they do in any other civilized country in the world, and they're not killing each other off with firearms. You have very violent films in Europe, yet it's not causing the mayhem we see in our streets routinely here. Votes: 1

No matter how civilized we are and how much society has curbed violent behavior. Human beings still have the same genes they had 10,000 years ago. Our bodies are designed to have a certain amount of physical stress and violence in them. We're designed to run from jaguars and fight to defend our territory. Votes: 1

In any democratic, civilized - even non-democratic nations, if you are a nation, it means to say that in our case, if there's a hurricane in Louisiana, the people of Vermont are there for them. If there's a tornado in the Midwest, we are there for them. If there's flooding in the East Coast, the people in California are there for us. Votes: 1

War is not civilized. Votes: 0

Sherry, the civilized drink. Votes: 0

Reading civilized the inner life. Votes: 0

I like things that are civilized. Votes: 0

The measure of civilized behavior is compassion. Votes: 0

Glamour is just sex that got civilized. Votes: 0

We're persecuted in the most civilized languages. Votes: 0

The truly civilized man has no enemies. Votes: 0

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized Votes: 0

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society Votes: 0

Death is the least civilized rite of passage. Votes: 0

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. Votes: 0

Typography is a minor technicality of civilized life. Votes: 0

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. Votes: 0

Marriage is but slavery made to appear civilized. Votes: 0

Laughter... the most civilized music in the world. Votes: 0

Most civilized lives are measured out with coffee spoons. Votes: 0

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. Votes: 0

Religion has not civilized man, man has civilized religion. Votes: 0

Dilemma of civilized man; body mobilized, but danger obscure. Votes: 0

deferring gratification is a good definition of being civilized. Votes: 0

Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society. Votes: 0

Entrepreneurship is not a civilized joust. It is streetfighting. Votes: 0

We may have civilized bodies and yet barbarous souls. Votes: 0

Fear is not the natural state of civilized people. Votes: 0

Wine is the most civilized thing in the world. Votes: 0

I look much more civilized than I actually am. Votes: 0

A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Votes: 0

Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning. Votes: 0

Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world. Votes: 0

No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized. Votes: 0

Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized. Votes: 0

Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other. Votes: 0

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics. Votes: 0

Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. Votes: 0

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Votes: 0

The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage. Votes: 0

The most base of men can be civilized through suffering. Votes: 0

Dress like a gentleman, but my mouth is never civilized. Votes: 0

Good sex is the basis of any truly civilized society. Votes: 0

The more civilized we become, the more horrendous our entertainments. Votes: 0

I'm sure we can talk things out like civilized people. Votes: 0

Only world law can assure progress towards a civilized peaceful community. Votes: 0

The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists." Votes: 0

If we are to preserve civilization, we must first remain civilized. Votes: 0

Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. Votes: 0

Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life. Votes: 0

The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists. Votes: 0

We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. Votes: 0

for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized Votes: 0

I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. Votes: 0

Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society. Votes: 0

A nation may be ever so civilized and yet lack wisdom. Votes: 0

Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise. Votes: 0

Nature is rarely allowed to enter the sacred portals of civilized society. Votes: 0

Difference between savage and civilized man: one is painted, the other gilded. Votes: 0

Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instinct can be perceived. Votes: 0

The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing. Votes: 0

I do not want to be civilized. I want to be liberated. Votes: 0

Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society. Votes: 0

I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. Votes: 0

Only the language of civilized people may be spoken, thus no German. Votes: 0

Still how unenlightened and ignorant are the very nations we term civilized! Votes: 0

The diseases that we civilized people labor under most are melancholy and pessimism. Votes: 0

the private conscience is the last and only protection of the civilized world. Votes: 0

No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated. Votes: 0

Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations. Votes: 0

I don't believe in the hypocritical, moralistic dogma of this so called civilized-society Votes: 0

Man and other civilized animals are the only creatures that ever become dirty. Votes: 0

Until civil rights are enjoyed by all of us, we're simply not civilized. Votes: 0

Wine glasses, like fine wines, have always been a symbol of civilized living. Votes: 0

I'm not so sure it's so civilized to be civilized all the time. Votes: 0

By peace our condition has been improved in the pursuit of civilized life. Votes: 0

No civilized person ever goes to bed the same day he gets up. Votes: 0

...it is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it. Votes: 0

Man was not intended by nature to live in communities and be civilized. Votes: 0

Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead. Votes: 0

Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized. Votes: 0

Even in civilized communities, the embryo man passes through the hunter stage of development. Votes: 0

Being civilized means that one keeps one's words unrelated to one's thoughts, when necessary. Votes: 0

Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society. Votes: 0

Because way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds. Votes: 0

There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws. Votes: 0

Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world. Votes: 0

It is in refinement and elegance that the civilized man differs from the savage. Votes: 0

Taxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized. Votes: 0

...any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people... Votes: 0

As men begin to grow civilized, they cease to be satisfied with mere taboos. Votes: 0

The attainment of of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men. Votes: 0

France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside. Votes: 0

The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions. Votes: 0

Paris, true to its promise, had been a place of civilized indecencies, or uncivil decencies ... Votes: 0

I believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive. Votes: 0

I'm sophisticated, charming, suave, and debonair, Professor. But I have never claimed to be civilized. Votes: 0

Torture, including practices like waterboarding, violates the legal and moral standards of all civilized nations. Votes: 0

I have discovered the missing link between the anthropoid apes and civilized men. It's us! Votes: 0

I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate of culture and intelligence. The culmination of technology and civilized experience. Votes: 0

Inflationism is a dreadful cancer that is gnawing at the backbone of the civilized order. Votes: 0

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet Votes: 0

The right most valued by all civilized men is the right to be left alone. Votes: 0

France is the most civilized country in the world and doesn't care who knows it. Votes: 0

The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs. Votes: 0

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists. Votes: 0

The civilized man is a larger mind but a more imperfect nature than the savage. Votes: 0

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured. Votes: 0

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. Votes: 0

Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world. Votes: 0

In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized. Votes: 0

Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation Votes: 0

The vigor of civilized societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth-while. Votes: 0

Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough. Votes: 0

Fundamentalist Christianity appeals to pre-civilized, prudish tribal people who are not ready for urban feudal pleasures. Votes: 0

In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle. Votes: 0

Every brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need. Votes: 0

There is not anti-semitism as an ideology. The civilized world must think that anti-semitism is stupid. Votes: 0

Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race or people, barbaric or civilized Votes: 0

Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures. Votes: 0

Glory is a scandal. Let me state once & for all: I do not wish to be civilized. Votes: 0

The Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture. Votes: 0

As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. Votes: 0

Ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society. Votes: 0

Children are sent to school to be civilized, to learn to be part of the social enterprise. Votes: 0

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight Votes: 0

Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action. Votes: 0

Opulent, civilized, and industrious nations, are greater consumers than poor ones, because they are infinitely greater producers. Votes: 0

Poetry is priceless.... a way of keeping yourself feeling rich and civilized even when you're quite poor. Votes: 0

Mohammed praises [instances of] tretchery, inhumanity, cruelty, revenge, and bigotry that are utterly incompatible with civilized society. Votes: 0

Animals give us their constant, unjaded faces, and we burden them with our bodies and civilized ordeals. Votes: 0

Cold love's the loveliest love of all. So clear, so crisp, so empty. In short, so civilized. Votes: 0

When you have civilized men fighting savages, you support the civilized men, no matter who they are. Votes: 0

Some civilized women would lose half their charm without dress and some would lose all of it. Votes: 0

It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world. Votes: 0

The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language. Votes: 0

Playing the cello did feel nicely neolithic, or at least a civilized way to process the primitive. Votes: 0

We may live without friends; we may live without books But civilized men cannot live without cooks. Votes: 0

Too much of the animal disfigures the civilized human being, too much culture makes a sick animal. Votes: 0

If you wish to know how civilized a culture is, look at how they treat it's women. Votes: 0

A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society. Votes: 0

Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want? Votes: 0

Baltimore is warm but pleasant... I belong here, where everything is civilized and gay and rotted and polite. Votes: 0

I seem to myself, among civilized men, an intruder, a troglodyte enamored of decrepitude, plunged into subversive prayers. Votes: 0

But we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized. Votes: 0

In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen. Votes: 0

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. Votes: 0

Our country, if it does justice to itself, will be the workshop of liberty to the civilized world. Votes: 0

Indigenous people believe that Man belongs to the World; civilized people believe that the World belongs to Man. Votes: 0

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society. Votes: 0

The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation. Votes: 0

There's a hollowness to civilized life. It doesn't appeal to people, and some people react with extreme violence. Votes: 0

Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948. Votes: 0

Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized. Votes: 0

In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad Votes: 0

Design, vitalized and simplified, will make the comforts of civilized life available to an ever-increasing number of Americans. Votes: 0

Emotions are the fuel and the mind is the pilot which together propel the ship of civilized progress. Votes: 0

The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world. Votes: 0

A nation to be great ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself. Votes: 0

I am unable to rouse much interest in any highly civilized race, country or epoch, including this one. Votes: 0

If Shakespeare required a word and had not met it in civilized discourse, he unhesitatingly made it up. Votes: 0

I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time. Votes: 0

Since I personified the savage on the stage, I tried to be as civilized as possible in daily life. Votes: 0

All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens to destabilize much of the earth. Votes: 0

All civilized wo/men are prostitutes: Some sell what's between their legs; the rest sell what's between their ears. Votes: 0

The Queen Mary was the most civilized and luxurious way one could travel to America in the late 1930s. Votes: 0

For society, marriage is undoubtedly beneficial. But the burdens of civilized morality are too heavy for many to bear. Votes: 0

...men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them. Votes: 0

We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement. Votes: 0

The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society. Votes: 0

It is a truism throughout the civilized galaxy that when you go to the police, your troubles really begin. Votes: 0

Perhaps only when people can enjoy their differences as a resource of cultural enrichment do they become truly civilized. Votes: 0

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood Votes: 0

For the sake of democracy, vigorous, civilized debate must replace the law of silence that political correctness has imposed. Votes: 0

Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is. Votes: 0

A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace. Votes: 0

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized Votes: 0

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind. Votes: 0

We are born charming fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. Votes: 0

The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power. Votes: 0

It seems to me that the civilized human being is a skeptic someone who believes nothing at face value. Votes: 0

Primary purposes of a mirror: (1) To help civilized men realize their imperfections, and, (2) To help the imperfect hide their imperfections. Votes: 0

The recognition, the diagnosis, and the preservation of psychopathic individuals account for the apparent increase of neurotics in civilized communities. Votes: 0

I have heard about the civilized, the marriages run on talk, elegant and honest, rational. But and I are savages. Votes: 0

Every civilized human being, whatever his conscious development, is still an archaic man at the deeper levels of his psyche. Votes: 0

Since art is dead in the actual life of civilized nations, it has been relegated to these grotesque morgues, museums. Votes: 0

GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. Votes: 0

The loss of religious faith among the most civilized portion of the race is a step from childishness toward maturity. Votes: 0

The main trouble with this civilized world isn't that we adventure too much, but that we fail to adventure enough. Votes: 0

Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be. Votes: 0

No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means. Votes: 0

I think being interested is really what being civilized is about. I mean, you have to be conscious of everything. Votes: 0

I don't actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized. Votes: 0

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age. Votes: 0

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age. Votes: 0

There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies. Votes: 0

This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. Votes: 0

We are about to make motherhood a crime. No civilized government in the history of mankind has ever done this. Votes: 0

The brown paper bag is the only thing civilized man has produced that does not seem out of place in nature. Votes: 0

Social intercourse -- a very limited thing in a half civilized country, becomes in our centers of civilization a great power. . . Votes: 0

The residents had eliminated both past and future, and for all their activity, they existed in a civilized and eventless world. Votes: 0

I don't fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans, Votes: 0

We are not a civilized country if we can read in a newspaper what a lady tells her boyfriend or husband. Votes: 0

If we are to produce a more civilized society, a more just society, it has to be based on the truth. Votes: 0

Baltimore is permissiveness. The pleasures of the flesh, the table, the bottle, and the purse are tolerated with a civilized understanding. Votes: 0

Hunger eats civilization. The West is not hungry; that's why they can say they're so civilized. Civilization is the biggest bluff! Votes: 0

The willingness to trust others even when you know you may be taken advantage of is the cornerstone of becoming civilized. Votes: 0

And of course you are mad, if by a madman we mean a mind that questions and rejects every civilized norm. Votes: 0

The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage. Votes: 0

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more. Votes: 0

For a better, happier, more stable and civilized future, each of us must develop a sincere, warm-hearted feeling of brotherhood and sisterhood. Votes: 0

The American people expect the United States to keep terrorists where they belong, apart from civilized society and outside of America's borders Votes: 0

Russians consider themselves civilized Europeans, but have to endure the humiliation of daily encounters with officials that belong in a squalid dictatorship. Votes: 0

By nature, by necessity itself, [primitive man] is encyclopedic, while civilized man finds himself confined in the infinitely small regions of specialization. Votes: 0

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. Votes: 0

I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity. Votes: 0

The United States is the only civilized country in the world to class its teachers at the bottom of the social scale. Votes: 0

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts. Votes: 0

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. Votes: 0

Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war. Votes: 0

Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the World will suffice for me in the future. Votes: 0

... it is a matter of civilizing everyone or not being civilized at all: the decay has always come from a partial civilization. Votes: 0

We are all civilized people, wich means that we are all savages at heart but observing a few amenities of civilized behaviour. Votes: 0

The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society. Votes: 0

In civilized society we all depend upon each other, and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind. Votes: 0

There is a vast difference between the savage and the civilized man, but it is never apparent to their wives until after breakfast. Votes: 0

To realize the relative validity of one's convictions and yet stand for them unflinchingly is what distinguishes a civilized man from a barbarian. Votes: 0

In civilized society, women have the ultimate power. It's women who say "no," in civilized society. That's what you feminists never have understood. Votes: 0

The first impulse of a great number of civilized musicians... is to protest ourdeclaration that the music in Hungary belongs to the Gypsies. Votes: 0

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity... Votes: 0

The gentle art of gastronomy is a friendly one. It hurdles the language barrier, makes friends among civilized people, and warms the heart. Votes: 0

One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting. Votes: 0

A nation that still needs to distinguish between stealing an election, and stealing a new pair of shoes, is not completely civilized yet. Votes: 0

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of #‎ libraries it opens, not the number it closes down. Votes: 0

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. Votes: 0

It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized. Votes: 0

Salt represents the civilized: it requires know-how to get it, and a sophisticated combination of cooking and spoilt, jaded appetites to need it. Votes: 0

I think in our desire to create a better America,we have to have civilized debate in this country and not just yelling. Votes: 0

Glamor is just sex that got civilized. A pretty girl, tastefully posed in a scant costume, is even a sort of cultural achievement. Votes: 0

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity Votes: 0

Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government. Votes: 0

Whamming someone smaller than oneself in order to teach that person civilized behavior is not within Miss Manners' concept of propriety, much less logic. Votes: 0

Music and religion are as intimately related as poetry and love; the deepest emotions require for their civilized expression the most emotional of arts. Votes: 0

History reveals no civilized people among whom there was not a highly educated class and large aggregations of wealth. Large profits mean large payrolls. Votes: 0

The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilized. Votes: 0

So much of "normal, civilized" life is bull that you can't imagine. ... What frightens you, doesn't frighten me, what frightens me, you'd laugh at. Votes: 0

Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages. See nonsense. Votes: 0

Constructive destruction is one of the most delightful employments in the world, and in civilized life the opportunities for it are only too rare. Votes: 0

The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange. Votes: 0

As with most things in life, Lady Maccon preferred the civilized exterior to the dark underbelly (with the exception of pork products, of course.) Votes: 0

I'm telling Palestinians, "Don't use violence." We're going to use the civilized means of international law to achieve our goals, our independence, our freedom. Votes: 0

The social problem of the twentieth century is whether civilized nations can restore themselves to sanity after their nineteenth-century aberrations of individualism and capitalism. Votes: 0

A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values. Votes: 0

The institution of taxation is not a civilized but a barbaric method to fund anything...it amounts to...a gross violation of human liberty. Votes: 0

Is it possible that nobody has ever known that there never has been a completely civilized man, and won't be for another thousand years? Votes: 0

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. Votes: 0

The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society. Votes: 0

Elie Wiesel has for years served as the moral compass of the civilized world. For many of us, including me, he has defined the Holocaust. Votes: 0

to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path. Votes: 0

If a country successfully translate the principles of truth and honesty into their social life, social issues and problems are resolved in a civilized manner. Votes: 0

The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue. Votes: 0

Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth. Votes: 0

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. Votes: 0

I had no idea of the historical evolution of the civilized world's music and had not realized that all modern music owes everything to Bach. Votes: 0

In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that hides their faces. Votes: 0

The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity, other than concessions and smiles. Votes: 0

The only very marked difference between the average civilized man and the average savage is that the one is gilded and the other is painted. Votes: 0

The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place. Votes: 0

There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It's aggressive instead of passive living. Votes: 0

It is in vain for us to devise schemes by which competition can be put out of civilized life. Competition is the condition of life. Votes: 0

Business is always looking to avoid the toughest norms. But some do it in a civilized way, while others push it using uncivilized, brazen methods. Votes: 0

I think dating courtesies are common courtesies that should be practiced in most all civilized encounters. I pine for the days of good, old-fashioned manners. Votes: 0

The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy. Votes: 0

Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians. Votes: 0

Have you ever heard one civilized person whose opinion you respect, at any time, anywhere, in any civilized country anywhere, say the good new days? Votes: 0

The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant, in this field as in all others. His culture is based on 'I am not too sure'. Votes: 0

The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength. Votes: 0

Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the arts. Votes: 0

There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been established. Votes: 0

The whites, who are educated and civilized, swindle me, and I am not hard to swindle because I do not know how to read and write. Votes: 0

Television is not vulgar because people are vulgar; it is vulgar because people are similar in their prurient interests and sharply differentiated in their civilized concerns. Votes: 0

Among civilized peoples, especially the very wealthy population of the United States of America, women have become objects of luxury who consume but do not produce. Votes: 0

There is something about men more capable of shaking despotic power than lightening, whirlwind, or earthquake, that is, the threatened indignation of the whole civilized world. Votes: 0

Science and technology contribute to the fast-expanding vocabularies of all living civilized tongues at a faster rate than all other fields of human endeavor put together. Votes: 0

It is only by having desire thwarted, and thereby learning to control it — in other words, by becoming civilized — that men become fully human. Votes: 0

The more we become civilized, the more we simultaneously understand our need to be virtuous, and our need to understand our experiences on a subconscious level. Votes: 0

Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized people in promoting it Votes: 0

We were far more civilized in our divorce than we had ever been in marriage. It seemed we'd finally found something we could do together amicably. Votes: 0

In civilized societies, we spend our lifetimes trying to become what is socially acceptable. We're dark and we're light. We all have both sides to us. Votes: 0

To inflict cruelties on defenceless creatures, or condone such acts, is to abuse one of the cardinal tenets of a civilized society - reverence for life. Votes: 0

In the second century of the Christian era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind. Votes: 0

The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war. Votes: 0

On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband their troops. Votes: 0

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them. Votes: 0

Like the whale who swallowed Jonah, we have engulfed all national dishes known to civilized man and made them in delight, if not in name our own. Votes: 0

The prison was very important - as everywhere on earth. Everywhere the building of a prison is the first step in the organization of a civilized state. Votes: 0

Walls, towns, rules, and day-to-day life doesn't make us civilized ... That's organization and ritual. Civilization lives in our hearts and heads or it doesn't exist at all. Votes: 0

If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children. Votes: 0

It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society. Votes: 0

The Christian always swears a bloody oath that he will never do it again. The civilized man simply resolves to be a bit more careful next time. Votes: 0

You will be civilized on the day you can spend a long period doing nothing, learning nothing, and improving nothing, without feeling the slightest amount of guilt. Votes: 0

Educated men - "civilized," as Fourier used to say with disdain - tremble at the idea that society might some day be without judges, police, or gaolers. Votes: 0

The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life. Votes: 0

Civilization has little to fear from educated people and brain-workers. In them the replacement of religious motives for civilized behaviors by other, secular motives, would proceed unobtrusively. . . . Votes: 0

There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom. Votes: 0

The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood. Votes: 0

Canada has one of the highest rates of insanity in any civilized country and one reason might be that life in many places is so desperately dull. Votes: 0

In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey unjust laws. Votes: 0

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men. Votes: 0

No man, however civilized, can listen for very long to African drumming, or Indian chanting, or Welsh hymn singing, and retain intact his critical and self-conscious personality. Votes: 0

The Britons (say historians) were naked, civilized men, learned, studious, abstruse in thought and contemplation; naked, simple, plain in their acts and manners; wiser than after ages. Votes: 0

Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the turbulence of change. Votes: 0

Barbarians, we call them, while all the while we timidly cling to our Web like Visigoths crouching in the ruins of Rome's faded glory and proclaim ourselves civilized. Votes: 0

A civilized society is formed when every individual in that society are bound to obey the rules and regulation which is for the benefit of their own society. Votes: 0

The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit has for that moment betrayed humanity. Votes: 0

All nations that are civilized and do not accept this kind of action as representing any sort of legitimate political cause are coming together to fight these terrorists. Votes: 0

We are not truly civilized if we concern ourselves only with the relation of man to man. What is important is the relation of man to all life. Votes: 0

Sharing food has always had a central place in civilized societies; it's no accident that so many of our cultural, religious and patriotic rituals are involved with eating. Votes: 0

Direct and easy communications — freedom of speech in all forms and in its broadest sense — has become vital to the very survival of a civilized humanity. Votes: 0

Every leader, and every regime, and every movement, and every organization that steps across the line to terrorism must be banished from the discourse of civilized human life. Votes: 0

What then is the intellectual advantage of civilization over primitive savagery? It is not necessarily that each civilized man has more knowledge but that he requires far less. Votes: 0

No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders Votes: 0

The bulk of life on Earth lives in a peaceful place where the temperature is stable. There's hunting going on, but it's very civilized, like a slow ballet. Votes: 0

In an ideal society, mothers and fathers would produce potty- trained, civilized, responsible new citizens while government and corporate leaders would provide a safe, healthy, economically just community. Votes: 0

In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part. Votes: 0

Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science. Votes: 0

As we become civilized we are governed less by persons and more by principles. . . . The best of all leaders is the man who teaches people to lead themselves. Votes: 0

The editors are committed to nothing save this: to keep common sense as fast as they can, to belabor sham as agreeably as possible, to give civilized entertainment. Votes: 0

We're supposed to be civilized. We're supposed to go to work every day. We're supposed to be nice to our friends and send Christmas cards to our parents. Votes: 0

I prefer the company of animals more than the company of humans. Certainly, a wild animal is cruel. But to be merciless is the privilege of civilized humans. Votes: 0

In every civilized society there is found a race of men who retain the instincts of the aboriginal cannibal and live upon their fellow-men as a natural food. Votes: 0

I studied at the Academy during the years of economic sanctions. Life was almost dead because the sanctions imposed on Iraq by the civilized world were so strict. Votes: 0

But I cannot forgive those who did not care about more than their own glory or well-being. They thought they were civilized. They were despicable. Damn them all. Votes: 0

Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a boon to happiness. Votes: 0

A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Votes: 0

I'm truly amazed at you, Garion," Polgara said. "I didn't think you had the faintest idea of how to speak a civilized language." "Thank you," he said, "I think. Votes: 0

But there is a devil of a difference between barbarians who are fit by nature to be used for anything, and civilized people who apply them selves to everything. Votes: 0

The education of the common people requires, perhaps, in a civilized and commercial society, the attention of the public more than that of people of some rank and fortune. Votes: 0

The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized. Votes: 0

Ihave precious little sympathy for theselfish proprietyof civilized man, and if awarof racesshould occurbetween the wild beasts and Lord Man, I would be tempted to sympathise with the bears. Votes: 0

But I never want to get to the point where I write a safe song or one that represents my sense of a subject in order to appear civilized. Votes: 0

I am not what is called a civilized man, professor. I have done with society for reasons that seem good to me. Therefore I do not obey its laws. Votes: 0

In our life as a civilized person in the industrial age, we are invaded by objects; how could an object have a "force" when it no longer has individuality? Votes: 0

Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all the habits formed by civilized man. Votes: 0

America's revolutionary deists saw themselves as - and they were - participants in an international movement that drew on most of the same literary sources across the civilized world. Votes: 0

Over tens and hundreds of thousands of years, we evolved to find certain things stimulating, and as very intelligent, civilized beings, we're enormously stimulated by problem solving and learning. Votes: 0

I will reinforce old alliances and form new ones, and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth. Votes: 0

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences. Votes: 0

Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential. Votes: 0

The makers of our Constitution . . . conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men. Votes: 0

As long as there are prisons, police, armies, navies; we are not civilized. When the Earth joins together and uses the Earth intelligently, that will be the beginning of civilization. Votes: 0

How many thousands of [lives] are there every year that comes cast away, (in all civilized countries at least)--and consider'd asnothing but common air, in competition of an hypothesis. Votes: 0

The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that is seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilized cynic to do other than to worship it. Votes: 0

The movie cheerfully offends all civilized notions of taste, decorum, manners and hygiene... is the movie vulgar? Vulgarity is when we don't laugh. When we laugh, it's merely human nature. Votes: 0

Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden - what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear! Votes: 0

It seems to me the mark of a civilized society that certain privileges should be taken for granted such as education, health care and the safety to walk the streets. Votes: 0

Today the two hundred million men in our country are entering into a civilized new world...but we, the two hundred million women, are still kept down in the dungeon. Votes: 0

I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort to arms by the benignant processes of civilization. Votes: 0

The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else. Votes: 0

There never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other. Votes: 0

Thousands of years ago the question was asked; ''Am I my brother's keeper?'' That question has never yet been answered in a way that is satisfactory to civilized society. Votes: 0

Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are the most tolerable are arbitary, cruel, grasping, and unintelligent. Votes: 0

The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected. Votes: 0

There is a demon in technology. It was put there by man and man will have to exorcise it before technological civilization can achieve the eighteenth-century ideal of humane civilized life. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but against the civilized world; and Britain understood this. Votes: 0

The treatment of women in Muslim communities throughout the world is unconscionable. All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens to destabilize much of the Earth. Votes: 0

Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society. Votes: 0

The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation. Votes: 0

With the "civilized" person contentment is a myth. From the cradle to the grave they are forever longing and striving after something better, an indefinable something, some new object yet unattained. Votes: 0

Even in the best and most peacefully civilized countries many occasions arise when a woman versed inthe knowledge and use of firarms may find that imformation and skill of great importance. Votes: 0

Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations — not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless children. Votes: 0

People here always said to me, Why would you leave civilization to go to a place like Fiji? Fiji is a far more civilized place than California or New York City. Votes: 0

When your whole system, your whole civilized system goes down, this is pretty much what you get left with. We have no communications, no running water, no electricity, no real help. Votes: 0

The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized Votes: 0

Of course one can't eat in a civilized fashion while touring in theatres. But I still manage to get my three meals a day. I find that is sufficient for training. Votes: 0

If men are to remain civilized or to become so, the art of associating together must grow and improve in the same ratio in which the equality of conditions is increased. Votes: 0

I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or we must get rid of freedom. Votes: 0

If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed. Votes: 0

Our government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free, that civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against abuse of freedom. Votes: 0

The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized. Votes: 0

Gold is a great thing to sew into your garments if you're a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939, but I think civilized people don't buy gold, they invest in productive businesses. Votes: 0

I think gold is a great thing to sew onto your garments if you're a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939, but civilized people don't buy gold, they invest in productive businesses. Votes: 0

In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone. Votes: 0

I remembered the dim winter light, the smell of damp earth and leaves, the eeriness that always attaches to a place once settled and civilized, but now reclaimed by the wilderness. Votes: 0

Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once. Votes: 0

All that I would like to be is human, having a share in a civilized, articulate and well-adjusted community where the mind is given its due but the body is not distrusted Votes: 0

The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do. Votes: 0

The bookshelf, like the book, has become an integral part of civilization as we know it, its presence in a home practically defining what it means to be civilized, educated, and refined. Votes: 0

If "Thou shalt not covet," and "Thou shalt not steal," were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society, before it can be civilized or made free. Votes: 0

Enormous amounts of money are spent for publicity. As a result, large quantities of alimentary and pharmaceutical products, at the least useless, and often harmful, have become a necessity for civilized men. Votes: 0

MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle. Votes: 0

People here always said to me, 'Why would you leave civilization to go to a place like Fiji?' Fiji is a far more civilized place than California or New York City. Votes: 0

It is time for a new compact among civilized peoples of this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source, and that is the corruption of young minds by violent ideology. Votes: 0

The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do. Votes: 0

The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common mental pulse beat for the whole of civilized mankind. Votes: 0

As you and I take Personal Responsibility for mending the things that are out of order in our community and nation in general, we would surely witness a transformed, developed and civilized society. Votes: 0

Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the county, or the Federal Government, as they have in every civilized country. Votes: 0

Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the county, or the Federal Government, as they have in every civilized country Votes: 0

But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood? Votes: 0

There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an inquisition. One is the system of degraded barbarians, the other of enlightened civilized people. Votes: 0

The city is all right. To live in one Is to be civilized, stay up and read Or sing and dance all night and see sunrise By waiting up instead of getting up. Votes: 0

We believe that poverty does not belong in a civilized human society. It belongs in museums [...] A poverty-free world might not be perfect, but it would be the best approximation of the ideal. Votes: 0

Thievery is for the civilized. It is what laws protect us from. I am a wild beast of no laws and no society. I want no laws. I want no more civilized things. Votes: 0

I think that the essence of a free and civilized society is that everything in it should be subject to criticism, that all forms of authority, should be treated with a certain reservation. Votes: 0

Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some frequency. And they fight in bars all the time. Votes: 0

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe. Votes: 0

One of the greatest myths of all time is that so-called civilized man is no longer an animal, and for that reason can strive to disarm himself and grow fat with false concepts. Votes: 0

There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball where everyone hides his real character, then reveals it by hiding Votes: 0

One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya. Votes: 0

Where will you find any code of laws among civilized men in which the commands and prohibitions are not founded on Christian principles? I need not specify the prohibition of murder, robbery, theft, trespass. Votes: 0

In a free society, we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we're civilized people, we publicly criticize that, and don't belong to those groups or don't associate with those people. Votes: 0

Every Nigerian must begin to raise their voice against our societal failures and call them as such at every juncture. In this way we could all bring about a modern, progressive and civilized society. Votes: 0

To doubt one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Don't defend past actions; what is right today may be wrong tomorrow. Don't be consistent; consistency is the refuge of fools. Votes: 0

Our freedom is under attack. Our economy is under water. The leading democrat is under investigation. And America is under the gun to lead the free world to protect our civilized way of life. Votes: 0

If a nation and any nation on this earth could raise up the standard of personal responsibility in their society, you will in no time see a nation of virtuous people, developed and civilized. Votes: 0

It's very difficult for a black man to get out of South-Central Los Angeles, and get out civilized....The only men I know who have escaped, all began reading Robert Heinlein at age ten. Votes: 0

No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women. Votes: 0

Under the ominous shadow which the second World War and its attendant circumstances have cast on the world, peace has become as essential to civilized existence as the air we breathe is to life itself. Votes: 0

It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the practice of all of them to limit its exercise, and sometimes very narrowly. Votes: 0

For works of the mind really great there is no old age, no decrepitude. It is inconceivable that a time should come when Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, should not ring in the ears of civilized man. Votes: 0

In respect to religion and the healing art, all nations are still in a state of barbarism. In the most civilized countries the priest is still but a Powwow, and the physician a Great Medicine. Votes: 0

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. They do not feel any enmity against me as an individual, nor I against them. They are only 'doing their duty' Votes: 0

No domestic animal can be as still as a wild animal. The civilized people have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons in silence from the wild before they are accepted by it. Votes: 0

Whatever happens in the country, whatever warfare harasses our land, we will never relinquish our hold on Western learning. As long as this school of ours stands, Japan remains a civilized nation of the world. Votes: 0

Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation. Votes: 0