Civilizing Quotes

23 quotes by 22 authors

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still… — John Adams
Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts who merely hunted and fished for food, who… — Mary Ritter Beard
In the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone acts as the civilizing factor in the sense that it brings… — Sigmund Freud
We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs. — Eric Berne
Wine is a civilizing agent. — Clifton Fadiman
Gingrich - Primary mission, Advocate of civilization, Definer of civilization, Teacher of the rules of civilization, Leader of the civilizing forces. — Newt Gingrich
The law has no claim to human respect. It has no civilizing mission; its only purpose is to protect exploitation. — Peter Kropotkin
The civilizing process has increased the distance between behavior and the impulse life of the animal body. — Shoshana Zuboff
Books were despised by the Viking Tribes, as they were seen as a horrible civilizing influence and a threat to the barbarian culture. — Cressida Cowell
The lawyers' contribution to the civilizing of humanity is evidenced in the capacity of lawyers to argue furiously in the courtroom, then sit down as… — John Silber
How deep and sticky is the darkness of childhood, how rigid the blades of infant evil, which is unadulterated, unrestrained by the convenient cushions of… — Katherine Dunn
All black people who are even minimally conscious, black people who have ever experienced Europe's technological power crusading in the vanguard of a civilizing mission,… — Lewis Nkosi
The ideal of self-advancement which the civilizing west offers to backward populations brings with it the plague of individual frustration. All the advantages brought by… — Eric Hoffer
Christianity is the greatest civilizing, moulding, uplifting power on this globe. — Mark Hopkins
The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex. — Hugh Hefner
Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness. The work of ameliorating the conditions of life -- the true civilizing process… — H.G. Wells
I have always unswervingly held, that God, in our civilizing world, manifests Himself not in the miracles of biblical age, but in progress. It is… — David Mitchell
The adult is the enemy of the child because of the awful process of civilizing this thing that, when it is born, is an animal… — Roald Dahl
Horror and panic themselves are forms of violence, and diminishing them, restricting their dimensions, is itself a civilizing act. — Walter Kirn
Justice is the foremost virtue of the civilizing races. It subdues the barbarous nations, while injustice arouses the weakest. — Jose Rizal

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