Civilized Quote by Bernard Malamud

We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are…

— Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

We only speak two languages here: English and profanity.

— Kevin Constantine

“The language of martyrdom and persecution is often the language of war. It forces a rupture between “us” and “them” and perpetuates and legitimizes…

— James Martin

We inhabit a language rather than a country.

— Emile M. Cioran

You want to free the world, free humanity, from oppression? Look inside, look sideways, look at the hidden violence of language. Never forget that…

— Ariel Dorfman

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

— Cyril Connolly

The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.

— Upamanyu Chatterjee

We live in our language like blind men walking on the edge of an abyss. This language is laden with future catastrophes. The day…

— Gershom Scholem

In our society, which is multiracial and multi-religious, giving offence to another religious or ethnic group, race, language, or religion is always a very…

— Lee Hsien Loong

English is the 'language of liberty' for nations emerging from years of cultural oppression.

— Vaclav Havel

Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am…

— Pope Francis

There's a basic problem with the history of the Holocaust. The people who do it don't know the necessary languages.

— Timothy D. Snyder