Civilized Society Quotes
77 Civilized Society quotes by 67 unique authors
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In any civilized society, it is every citizen's responsibility to obey just laws. But at the same time, it is every citizen's responsibility to disobey…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact that we will…
— Muhammad Yunus
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Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.
— Henry George
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The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.
— Mark Skousen
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Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society.
— Cesar Chavez
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Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other.
— Garry Wills
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But would we know, whether the pretended prophet had really attained a just sentiment of morals? Let us attend to his narration; and we shall…
— David Hume
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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She wished some help would come from outside. But in the whole world there was no help. Society was terrible because it was insane. Civilized…
— D. H. Lawrence
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Policemen and laws can never replace customs, traditions and moral values as a means for regulating human behavior. At best, the police and criminal justice…
— D. Todd Christofferson
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Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the…
— Ken Danby
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A civilized society looks with horror upon the abuse and torture of children or adults. Even where capital punishment is practiced, the aim is to…
— Unknown Author
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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
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No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
— James F. Cooper
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Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. . . . We might as well require a man…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I feel we all have the obligation, myself. I want to live in a more humane, civilized society, and I feel like the only way…
— Natalie Merchant
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To inflict cruelties on defenceless creatures, or condone such acts, is to abuse one of the cardinal tenets of a civilized society - reverence for…
— Jon Evans
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Taxes are what we pay for civilized society
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Who Wrote These Civilized Society Quotes
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