Civilized Quotes

602 Civilized quotes by 445 unique authors

We need a government, not politics. Because there's too much politics. Of course there should be debate. But there seems to be so much pettiness… — Daphne Guinness
At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races… — Charles Darwin
I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country,… — Daniel Defoe
There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies. — Denis Diderot
The 5th Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to… — William O. Douglas
There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war. — Amelia Earhart
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control… — Lafcadio Hearn
There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the… — Robert A. Heinlein
A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and… — Thor Heyerdahl
Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments, for reasons of… — Thor Heyerdahl
To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. — Robert E. Howard
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. — Elbert Hubbard
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. — Thomas Jefferson
The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life. — Arthur Keith
Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old. — Rudyard Kipling
When it comes to raising civilized kids there are no hard rules, but there are two things on which most parents agree: Boys are generally… — Jeffrey Kluger
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. — Walter Lippmann
I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we. — Konrad Lorenz
Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money. — Alfred Marshall
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to… — John Stuart Mill
I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized. — John Stuart Mill
U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not… — Ingrid Newkirk
As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. — George Orwell

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