Built Quote by Max Nordau

Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

— Sigmund Freud

“The entire fabric of civilization is held together by this one principle: we let the law determine justice, not an individual.”

— Victor Methos

“There are few words which are used more loosely than the word “Civilization.” What does it mean? It means a society based upon the…

— Winston Churchill

Justice is a moral virtue, merely because it has that tendency to the good of mankind, and indeed is nothing but an artificial invention…

— David Hume

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

— Jane Addams

The basic notion of justice, is that the rights of everybody are equals, in principle. In the rights of others, we have to respect…

— African Spir

I put forward as a general definition of civilization, that a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of Truth, Beauty, Adventure, Art, Peace.

— Alfred North Whitehead

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim…

— Anonymous

A civilization is a social entity that manifests religious, political , legal, and customary uniformity over an extended period, and which confers on its…

— Roger Scruton

The realization of justice is, in the actual state of things, a matter of life or death for society and for civilisation itself.

— African Spir

A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace.

— Alfred North Whitehead