Civilized Quotes

602 Civilized quotes by 445 unique authors

Democracy is the only civilized way to govern a country. — Ricardo Salinas Pliego
It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any other,… — Roger B. Taney
Laws fixed, certain, and uniform, are said to be the distinguishing traits of civilized from savage communities. In these last, seldom are any laws, unless… — Levi Woodbury
The history of American higher education over the twentieth century is an extraordinary one, the story of the creation of a powerhouse set of institutions… — Rick Perlstein
There is nothing so good for the human soul as the discovery that there are ancient and flourishing civilized societies which have somehow managed to… — Walter Lippmann
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. — Ambrose Bierce
In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting… — Jeremy Collier
Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning. — Robert Mondavi
Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the… — John Charles Polanyi
But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not… — Frances Wright
War is not civilized. — Talib Kweli
It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to… — Leland Stanford
The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much… — Zebulon Pike
Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but… — Vito Fossella
I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. — George Meredith
The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society. — John Paul Stevens
Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. — Tom McClintock
When your whole system, your whole civilized system goes down, this is pretty much what you get left with. We have no communications, no running… — Kathleen Blanco
There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence… — Mahmoud Abbas
Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead. — Mike Schmidt
It might be hard to remember this far back, but once upon a time, some of us hoped that public TV would develop into a… — Tom Shales
The treatment of women in Muslim communities throughout the world is unconscionable. All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens… — Sam Harris
Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable are… — Henry Louis Mencken
MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment.… — Ambrose Bierce
We may live without friends; we may live without books, But civilized men cannot live without cooks. — Edward G Bulwer-Lytton

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