Civilized Quote by Sigmund Freud

Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other.

— Garry Wills

But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness - each system only too delighted to…

— Herbert Butterfield

Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

“A consequence of this alienation of humans from their own nature is that they are also alienated from each other. Productive activity becomes ‘activity…

— Peter Singer

The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations.

— Anthony Gregory

“Violence especially against women and children is a abomination that must cease and desist! Humanity will never find world peace as long as we…

— Timothy Pina

It hardly needs saying that such mutualistic communities will also be plagued by conflict. Conflict is at the very heart of life, resulting not…

— Benjamin Nelson

“In estimating what amount of power would be requisite to secure the objects of government, we must take into the reckoning, what would be…

— Anonymous

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong. Nor can it pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between…

— Alva Myrdal

The inclination to aggression constitutes the greatest impediment to civilization.

— Sigmund Freud

Excessive economic, social and cultural inequalities among peoples arouse tensions and conflicts, and are a danger to peace.

— Pope Paul VI

“It is a weary lament to lay most acts of violence and aggression, from the strictly local to the truly global, squarely at the…

— Bryan Sykes