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We are not truly civilized if we concern ourselves only with the relation of man to man. What is important is the relation of man to all life  (Civilized Quotes) We are not a civilized country if we can read in a newspaper what a lady tells her boyfriend or husband  (Civilized Quotes) Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations? not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless children  (Civilized Quotes) I ask you to forgive me for not fulfilling some hopes of those people who believed that we would be able to jump from the totalitarian past into a bright, rich and civilized future in one go  (Civilized Quotes) For ever and anon the soul becomes weary of the conventions that are not of it, and with a single stroke shatters the civilized lies with which it is unable to cope, and the strong arm reaches out and takes by force what it cannot win by cunning  (Civilized Quotes) It is in vain for us to devise schemes by which competition can be put out of civilized life. Competition is the condition of life  (Civilized Quotes) The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity, other than concessions and smiles  (Civilized Quotes) In a free society, we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we’re civilized people, we publicly criticize that, and don’t belong to those groups, or don’t associate with those people  (Civilized Quotes) If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children  (Civilized Quotes) Constructive destruction is one of the most delightful employments in the world, and in civilized life the opportunities for it are only too rare  (Civilized Quotes) You mix the affluence of the white and the poverty of the black and you do not get a civilized society. Integration on an equal level is one thing. Mixing on an unequal level is another  (Civilized Quotes) To be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path  (Civilized Quotes) Perhaps the habit which distinguishes civilized people from others is that of discussion, exchange of opinion and ideas, the ability to differ without quarrelling, to say what you have to say civilly and then to listen civilly to another speaker  (Civilized Quotes) ... it is a matter of civilizing everyone or not being civilized at all: the decay has always come from a partial civilization  (Civilized Quotes) I don’t actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized  (Civilized Quotes) Being civilized means that one keeps one’s words unrelated to one’s thoughts, when necessary  (Civilized Quotes) I have discovered the missing link between the anthropoid apes and civilized men. It’s us!  (Civilized Quotes) In a living civilization there is always an element of unrest, for sensitiveness to ideas means curiosity, adventure, change. Civilized order survives on its merits and is transformed by its power of recognizing its imperfections  (Civilized Quotes) Civilized people can talk about anything. For them no subject is taboo... In civilized societies there will be no intellectual bogeys at sight of which great grownup babies are expected to hide their eyes  (Civilized Quotes) It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world  (Civilized Quotes) All that are printed and bound are not books; they do not necessarily belong to letters, but are oftener to be ranked with the other luxuries and appendages of civilized life. Base wares are palmed off under a thousand disguises  (Civilized Quotes) Thinking is the great enemy of perfection. The habit of profound reflection, I am compelled to say, is the most pernicious of all the habits formed by civilized man  (Civilized Quotes) When you have civilized men fighting savages, you support the civilized men, no matter who they are  (Civilized Quotes) I am not what is called a civilized man, professor. I have done with society for reasons that seem good to me. Therefore I do not obey its laws  (Civilized Quotes) In civilized societies, we spend our lifetimes trying to become what is socially acceptable. We’re dark and we’re light. We all have both sides to us  (Civilized Quotes) A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values  (Civilized Quotes) The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven  (Civilized Quotes) At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world  (Civilized Quotes) No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse  (Civilized Quotes) The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world  (Civilized Quotes)
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