Civilized Quotes

602 Civilized quotes by 445 unique authors

Our nation was built and civilized by men and women who used guns in self-defense and in pursuit of peace. One wonders indeed, if the… — Ronald Reagan
Before the end of December, generally, they experience their first thawing. Those which a month ago were sour, crabbed, and quite unpalatable to the civilized… — Henry David Thoreau
The founders of the United Nations sought to replace a world at war with a world of civilized order. They hoped that a world of… — Ronald Reagan
The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead… — Oscar Wilde
Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government. — Benjamin Rush
Hamas is ISIS, and ISIS is Hamas. They're branches of the same tree. People who wantonly rocket our cities and want to conduct mass killings.… — Benjamin Netanyahu
Perhaps only when people can enjoy their differences as a resource of cultural enrichment do they become truly civilized. — Herb Kawainui Kane
The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Religiously, we longed for the lively life in Christ, but we did not fully see that we were equally longing for the lively life of… — Sheldon Vanauken
Animals give us their constant, unjaded faces, and we burden them with our bodies and civilized ordeals. — Gretel Ehrlich
There's a set of unspoken rules we live by when it comes to fighting. We can't help it. It comes from living in a civilized… — Neal Shusterman
Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. — William Ralph Inge
The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society. — Oscar Wilde
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons,… — Walter E. Williams
Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages. See nonsense. — Ambrose Bierce
I prefer the company of animals more than the company of humans. Certainly, a wild animal is cruel. But to be merciless is the privilege… — Sigmund Freud
Obama, who is becoming more and more preacher-like, wants to be the Punisher-in-Chi ef of the Western World, the Avenger-in-Chie f. There is something oddly… — Robert Fisk
From my experience with wild apples, I can understand that there may be reason for a savage's preferring many kinds of food which the civilized… — Henry David Thoreau
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man. — Leonard Woolf
Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the… — Plato
In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized. — J. Paul Getty
Emotions are the fuel and the mind is the pilot which together propel the ship of civilized progress. — Jim Rohn
If we are to produce a more civilized society, a more just society, it has to be based on the truth. — Julian Assange
The only very marked difference between the average civilized man and the average savage is that the one is gilded and the other is painted. — Mark Twain
There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an inquisition. One is the system of… — Mark Twain

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