There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war. — Amelia Earhart Copy Share Image
I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we. — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
And I said to myself that unless you conceive Death to be a violent guerrilla and kidnaper who snatches those you love,… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Inflationism is a dreadful cancer that is gnawing at the backbone of the civilized order. — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
First New York was a sort of provincial capital, bigger and richer than Manchester or Marseilles, but not much different in its… — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
That the will of the people can be established by voting for democrats is, of course, a delusion. Yet when considering a… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In the so-called civilized world, children are physically, sexually and/or emotionally abused; they are the leaders of our future. When children are… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
Is it possible that nobody has ever known that there never has been a completely civilized man, and won't be for another… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
The very essence of civilized culture is that we deliberately institute, in advance of the happening of various contingencies and emergencies of… — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I trust the time is nigh when, with the universal assent of civilized people, all international differences shall be determined without resort… — Chester A. Arthur Copy Share Image
The main trouble with this civilized world isn't that we adventure too much, but that we fail to adventure enough. — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
“Civilization’ is just a word! There is a touch of indirect ‘racism’ in it. It unjustly means that the primitive people were… — Md. Ziaul Haque Copy Share Image
The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The history of American higher education over the twentieth century is an extraordinary one, the story of the creation of a powerhouse… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Yet, upon the whole, the space I traversed is unlikely to become the haunt of civilized man, or will only become so… — Charles Sturt Copy Share Image
By the time Congress is even authorized to act after the President has launched nuclear weapons, there may no longer be a… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
It is a thorough process, this war with the wilderness - breaking nature, taming the soil. feeding it on oats. The civilized… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
How is it that everyone on this train has so much alcohol?" "We always head to Canada at the beginning of the… — Sara Gruen Copy Share Image
But I never want to get to the point where I write a safe song or one that represents my sense of… — Suzanne Vega Copy Share Image
