Civilized Nations Quotes

26 quotes by 22 authors

A visitor from Mars could easily pick out the civilized nations. They have the best implements of war. — Herbert V. Prochnow
Perhaps my dynamite plants will put an end to war sooner than your [pacifist] congresses. On the day two army corps can annihilate each other… — Alfred Nobel
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
[T]he most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without… — James Madison
As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction that in carrying… — James Madison
I was stricken by news and television pictures coming from the United States this morning. It is impossible to fully comprehend the evil that would… — Jean Chretien
Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations. — Jeane Kirkpatrick
Wherever we direct our view, we discover the melancholy proofs of our depravity; whether we look to ancient or modern times, to barbarous or civilized… — William Wilberforce
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
The man who stands upon his own soil, who feels, by the laws of the land in which he lives,-by the laws of civilized nations,-he… — Edward Everett
The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions. — Naguib Mahfouz
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
Since art is dead in the actual life of civilized nations, it has been relegated to these grotesque morgues, museums. — Walter Gropius
During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set… — George W. Norris
GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. — Ambrose Bierce
Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations Â— not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of… — Elie Wiesel
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. — Thomas Jefferson
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. — Daniel Webster
On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband… — Alfred Nobel

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