Civilized Societies Quotes

13 quotes by 11 authors

Marriage is treated by all civilized societies as a peculiar and favored contract. It is in its origin a contract of natural law . .… — Joseph Story
For most of history, war has been a more or less functional institution, providing benefits for those societies that were good at it, although the… — Gwynne Dyer
I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. — Tom McClintock
In civilized societies, if you are offended by a cartoon, you do not burn flags, take up guns and raid buildings, chant death to your… — Michelle Malkin
With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process… — Charles Darwin
I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time. — Sally Quinn
If one benefits tangibly from the exploitation of others who are weak, is one morally implicated in their predicament? Or are basic rights of human… — William Greider
There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies. — Denis Diderot
Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action. — Virginia Woolf
Public libraries have been a mainstay of my life. They represent an individual's right to acquire knowledge; they are the sinews that bind civilized societies… — James A. Michener
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
Free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. — Tom McClintock

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