A civilized society looks with horror upon the abuse and torture of children or adults. Even where capital punishment is practiced, the… — Sidney Hatch Copy Share Image
When in August 1793 a British delegation showed their hosts a terrestrial globe, it turned into a diplomatic incident, for the Chinese… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Judaism is not a passive religion, but an active life factor which has coalesced with the national consciousness into one organic whole.… — Moses Hess Copy Share Image
I am now speaking of rights under the Constitution, and not of moral or religious rights. I do not discuss the morals… — Stephen A. Douglas Copy Share Image
Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and its a very important part of helping change the Middle East… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it's a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against… — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Copy Share Image
There is, however, another subject on which the Queen feels most strongly, and that is this horrible, brutalizing, un-Christian-like vivisection…It must really… — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Indigenous people believe that Man belongs to the World; civilized people believe that the World belongs to Man. — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
General education is the best preventive of the evils now most dreaded. In the civilized countries of the world, the question is… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
I'm truly amazed at you, Garion," Polgara said. "I didn't think you had the faintest idea of how to speak a civilized… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
Our civilization is not Christian. It does not come from the skies. It is not a result of inspiration. It is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dogmatic toleration is nonsense: I would no more tolerate the teaching of Calvinism to children if I had power to persecute it… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
To realize the relative validity of one's convictions and yet stand for them unflinchingly is what distinguishes a civilized man from a… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
...Jabotinsky insisted that all energies be expended to force the Congress to join the boycott movement. Nothing less than a 'merciless fight'… — Ze'ev Jabotinsky Copy Share Image
In a civilized and cultivated country wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen. the excellent people who… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
As life in general constituted much pain in the form of struggles against poverty, disease, ignorance, and emotional anguish, what more civilized… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To doubt one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. Don't defend past actions; what is right today may… — Hyman Rickover Copy Share Image
The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place. — Anita Borg Copy Share Image
Love has an immense ability to help heal the devastating wounds that life sometimes deals us. Love also enhances our sense of… — Sue Johnson Copy Share Image
It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
