Best Civilized World Quotes

42 Civilized World quotes by 41 unique authors

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through… — Nelson Mandela
The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world. — Friedrich Schiller
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
Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world. — Marisha Pessl
I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system… — Woodrow Wilson
He took pains to avoid self-depreciation, self-mockery, ambiguity, irony, subtlety, vulnerability, a civilized world-weariness and a tragic sense of history--the very things, he says, that… — Don DeLillo
We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world. We've come to the point where… — Madeleine L'Engle
Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world. — Thomas Jefferson
I’ll take your bet,” he said grimly. “I’m going to win it. And in three months, I’m going to put this back on your finger,… — Lisa Kleypas
All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible… — David Baldacci
Our civilized world is nothing but a great masquerade. You encounter knights, parsons, soldiers, doctors, lawyers, priests, philosophers and a thousand more: but they are… — Arthur Schopenhauer
There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball where everyone hides… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The history of American higher education over the twentieth century is an extraordinary one, the story of the creation of a powerhouse set of institutions… — Rick Perlstein
Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but… — Vito Fossella
You're obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions you find absurd. You live attached in a cowardly fashion to moral and social conventions you… — Octave Mirbeau
The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition… — John Strachan
And now look at the great war still devastating Europe: think of the colossal brutality, cruelty, and mendacity which is now allowed to spread itself… — Sigmund Freud

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