Civilized Quotes

602 Civilized quotes by 445 unique authors

As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. — Charles Alexander Eastman
Plenty is the original cause of many of our needs; and even the poverty, which is so frequent and distressful in civilized nations, proceeds often… — Samuel Johnson
GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the invention… — Ambrose Bierce
The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in… — Pearl S. Buck
Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the… — Will Durant
I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Difference between savage and civilized man: one is painted, the other gilded. — Mark Twain
Since art is dead in the actual life of civilized nations, it has been relegated to these grotesque morgues, museums. — Walter Gropius
Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized… — Walter Bagehot
Thousands of years ago the question was asked; ''Am I my brother's keeper?'' That question has never yet been answered in a way that is… — Eugene V. Debs
What KFC does to 750 million chickens each year is not civilized or acceptable, and you can help change that. Cruelty is cruelty, and KFC… — Pamela Anderson
Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and civilization, but in… — Carl von Clausewitz
I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to go backwards instead… — Taslima Nasrin
Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment. Only the Lord has the right to take away life because… — Shimon Peres
If you want a war, nourish a doctrine. Doctrines are the most frightful tyrants to which men are ever subject, because doctrines get inside a… — William Graham Sumner
Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a… — Michael Kimmelman
The most base of men can be civilized through suffering. — St. Jerome
In a civilized and cultivated country wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen. the excellent people who protest against all… — Theodore Roosevelt
The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that is seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilized cynic to do… — H P Lovecraft
The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art or sat slothfully by while… — Theodore Roosevelt
Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law, order, and righteousness.… — Theodore Roosevelt
Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized people in promoting… — John Hancock
I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. I want nothing to… — Jawaharlal Nehru
This propaganda of dis-associating Western Negroes from Africa is not a new one. For many years white propagandists have been printing tons of literature to… — Marcus Garvey
Direct and easy communications — freedom of speech in all forms and in its broadest sense — has become vital to the very survival of… — Walt Disney

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