Civilized Quotes

602 Civilized quotes by 445 unique authors

Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war. — Allan Massie
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit… — Bergen Evans
We can build an economy that does not destroy its natural support systems, a global community where the basic needs of all the Earth's people… — Lester R. Brown
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's… — Geoffrey Fisher
By peace our condition has been improved in the pursuit of civilized life. — Unknown Author
That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply… — Oscar Wilde
There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been… — Franz Boas
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts. — Bergen Evans
During all the first part of the Middle Ages, no other people made as important a contribution to human progress as did the Arabs, if… — Unknown Author
The civilized have created the wretched, quite coldly and deliberately, and do not intend to change the status quo; are responsible for their slaughter and… — James A. Baldwin
The American people expect the United States to keep terrorists where they belong, apart from civilized society and outside of America's borders — Eric Cantor
An author, like any other so-called artist, is a man in whom the normal vanity of all men is so vastly exaggerated that he finds… — H. L. Mencken
Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development more than the financial burden… — King Hussein I
Feminism was recognized by the average man as a conflict in which it was impossible for a man, as a chivalrous gentleman, as a respecter… — Wyndham Lewis
Sherry, the civilized drink. — W. Somerset Maugham
In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for,… — Henry David Thoreau
How dangerous it is rashly to adopt the Mosaical institutions [Old Testament teachings of eye for an eye]. Laws might have been proper for a… — Gerald Heaney
With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe… — Elie Wiesel
The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence… — Desmond Tutu
That the will of the people can be established by voting for democrats is, of course, a delusion. Yet when considering a non-threatening system for… — Robert Musil
We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior. — Friedrich Durrenmatt
Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race or people, barbaric or civilized — Hugh Hammond Bennett
The promulgation of the great doctrines of religion, the being, and attributes, and providence of one Almighty God: the responsibility to him for all our… — Joseph Story
In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights are the essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of its… — James Madison
Our country, if it does justice to itself, will be the workshop of liberty to the civilized world. — James Madison

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