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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… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
• No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated. — Rabindranath Tagore
• We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact… — Muhammad Yunus
• Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough. — Henry George
• The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society. — Mark Skousen
• Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society. — Cesar Chavez
• Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other. — Garry Wills
• But would we know, whether the pretended prophet had really attained a just sentiment of morals? Let us attend to his narration;… — David Hume
• In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated… — Geoffrey Fisher
• 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
• With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I… — Elie Wiesel
• The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say… — Desmond Tutu

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