The expectations of civilized society should afford all…

That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;…

— Edward Gibbon

“It neither kills outright nor inflicts apparent physical harm, yet the extent of its destructive toll is already greater than that of any war,…

— Ashley Montagu

There is scarcely room for doubt that something in the psychological relation of a mother-in-law to a son-in-law breeds hostility between them and makes…

— Sigmund Freud

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

— Sigmund Freud

I feel we all have the obligation, myself. I want to live in a more humane, civilized society, and I feel like the only…

— Natalie Merchant

“Civilized" society is a hopeful belief and protest that science, money and goods make man count for more than any other animal. In this…

— Ernest Becker

“Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can't have criminals without a jail.…

— John Lame Deer

“Good sex is the basis of any truly civilized society.”

— Gil A. Waters

Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or…

— Cesar Chavez

I am for a system of universal health care where every American has health care as a fundamental right because I think that's where…

— John Delaney

Democratic socialism means, that in a democratic, civilized society, the wealthiest people and the largest corporations must pay their fair share of taxes.

— Bernie Sanders

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

— John Paul Stevens

“Science lacks something very important that religion provides: a moral code. Survival of the fittest is a scientific fact, but it is a cruel…

— A.G. Riddle

Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life,…

— Walter Gropius

“There are six canons of conservative thought: 1) Belief in a transcendent order, or body of natural law, which rules society as well as…

— Russell Kirk