Best Civilized Society Sayings
77 Civilized Society quotes by 67 unique authors
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
— Sally Quinn
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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
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Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most…
— Henry Anatole Grunwald
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Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and…
— Willard Gaylin
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Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer.
— George Bernard Shaw
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Thousands of years ago the question was asked; ''Am I my brother's keeper?'' That question has never yet been answered in a way that is…
— Eugene V. Debs
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My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.
— Sigmund Freud
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A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.
— Robert Frost
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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary…
— Walter Gropius
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There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
— Denis Diderot
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A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
— George Osborne
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
— Feisal Abdul Rauf
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Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned…
— Mark Skousen
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The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world. He knows much more of the fierce variety and uncompromising divergences…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise.
— J. Maarten Troost
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I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and…
— Ayn Rand
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Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against…
— Cesar Chavez
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Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.
— Virginia Woolf
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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
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Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels…
— Oscar Wilde
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Civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual's use of his particular knowledge may serve…
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.
— Greg Boyle
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Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more.
— Jill Lepore
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