I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. Votes: 3
Tom McClintockColor is nothing, anywhere. Civilized condition differences men, all over the globe. Votes: 3
Alexander CrummellCivilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer. Votes: 3
George Bernard ShawThe No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. Votes: 3
Robert I. SuttonShe is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated. Votes: 3
W. L. GeorgeAs I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. Votes: 3
George OrwellTo have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Votes: 3
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Civilized men arrived in the Pacific, armed with alcohol, syphilis, trousers, and the Bible. Votes: 3
Havelock EllisAnyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man. Votes: 3
Leonard WoolfI believe that present day civilized man suffers from insufficient discharge of his aggressive drive Votes: 3
Konrad LorenzI have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we. Votes: 3
Konrad LorenzCivilized people have exchanged some part of their chances of happiness for a measure of security. Votes: 3
Sigmund FreudI am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized. Votes: 3
John Stuart MillKnowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight. Votes: 3
William SafireA civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. Votes: 1
Robert FrostI am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it. Votes: 1
Sonia SotomayorNonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiWe do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. Votes: 0
Friedrich DurrenmattPersonally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise. Votes: 0
J. Maarten TroostNature is rarely allowed to enter the sacred portals of civilized society. Votes: 0
Hendrik Willem van LoonEven in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instinct can be perceived. Votes: 0
Bertrand RussellStill how unenlightened and ignorant are the very nations we term civilized! Votes: 0
Jean-Baptiste SayThe diseases that we civilized people labor under most are melancholy and pessimism. Votes: 0
Vincent Van Goghthe private conscience is the last and only protection of the civilized world. Votes: 0
Martha GellhornNo civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated. Votes: 0
Rabindranath TagoreStraying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations. Votes: 0
Jeane KirkpatrickI don't believe in the hypocritical, moralistic dogma of this so called civilized-society Votes: 0
Richard RamirezWine glasses, like fine wines, have always been a symbol of civilized living. Votes: 0
Alexis LichineVirtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead. Votes: 0
Mike SchmidtWine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized. Votes: 0
Andre SimonEven in civilized communities, the embryo man passes through the hunter stage of development. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauBeing civilized means that one keeps one's words unrelated to one's thoughts, when necessary. Votes: 0
Ursula ParrottKindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society. Votes: 0
Cesar ChavezBecause way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds. Votes: 0
E. L. KonigsburgThere are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws. Votes: 0
Otto von BismarckNot returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world. Votes: 0
Marisha PesslIt is in refinement and elegance that the civilized man differs from the savage. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonTaxation is the price which civilized communities pay for the opportunity of remaining civilized. Votes: 0
Albert Bushnell Hart...any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people... Votes: 0
Charles FourierAs men begin to grow civilized, they cease to be satisfied with mere taboos. Votes: 0
Bertrand RussellFrance is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside. Votes: 0
Gustave CourbetThe Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions. Votes: 0
Naguib MahfouzParis, true to its promise, had been a place of civilized indecencies, or uncivil decencies ... Votes: 0
Ana CastilloI have discovered the missing link between the anthropoid apes and civilized men. It's us! Votes: 0
Abraham MaslowInflationism is a dreadful cancer that is gnawing at the backbone of the civilized order. Votes: 0
Hans F. SennholzThe right most valued by all civilized men is the right to be left alone. Votes: 0
Louis D. BrandeisFrance is the most civilized country in the world and doesn't care who knows it. Votes: 0
John GuntherThe mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs. Votes: 0
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists. Votes: 0
Walter LippmannThe civilized man is a larger mind but a more imperfect nature than the savage. Votes: 0
Margaret FullerThere is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinBigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world. Votes: 0
Feisal Abdul RaufIn my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized. Votes: 0
J. Paul GettyGive me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteEvery brain is civilized, Every nerve is analyzed, Everything is criticized when you are in need. Votes: 0
Bob DylanAmericans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race or people, barbaric or civilized Votes: 0
Hugh Hammond BennettDrinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures. Votes: 0
Michael BroadbentGlory is a scandal. Let me state once & for all: I do not wish to be civilized. Votes: 0
Arthur CravanAs a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. Votes: 0
Charles Alexander EastmanChildren are sent to school to be civilized, to learn to be part of the social enterprise. Votes: 0
Robert FulghumKnowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight Votes: 0
William SafireCold love's the loveliest love of all. So clear, so crisp, so empty. In short, so civilized. Votes: 0
Mervyn PeakeWhen you have civilized men fighting savages, you support the civilized men, no matter who they are. Votes: 0
Ayn RandSome civilized women would lose half their charm without dress and some would lose all of it. Votes: 0
Mark TwainIt is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world. Votes: 0
Theodore RooseveltThe verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language. Votes: 0
John Wesley PowellPlaying the cello did feel nicely neolithic, or at least a civilized way to process the primitive. Votes: 0
Eric SiblinWe may live without friends; we may live without books But civilized men cannot live without cooks. Votes: 0
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of LyttonToo much of the animal disfigures the civilized human being, too much culture makes a sick animal. Votes: 0
Carl JungIf you wish to know how civilized a culture is, look at how they treat it's women. Votes: 0
Khan Abdul Ghaffar KhanA first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society. Votes: 0
Andy HargreavesIsnât that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want? Votes: 0
Orson Scott CardBut we are more than genteel or civilized/ we are an idea in the process of being realized. Votes: 0
Shane KoyczanOur country, if it does justice to itself, will be the workshop of liberty to the civilized world. Votes: 0
James MadisonNobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948. Votes: 0
Simon RavenA nation to be great ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself. Votes: 0
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSince I personified the savage on the stage, I tried to be as civilized as possible in daily life. Votes: 0
Josephine BakerThe savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawIf we are to produce a more civilized society, a more just society, it has to be based on the truth. Votes: 0
Julian AssangeWe do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. Votes: 6 Friedrich Durrenmatt
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. Votes: 1 Thomas Jefferson