Thousands of years ago
Thousands of years ago the question was asked: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” That question has never yet been answered in a way that is satisfactory to civilized society. Eugene V. Debs
Civilized Society
The American people expect
The American people expect the United States to keep terrorists where they belong, apart from civilized society and outside of America’s borders Eric Cantor
With every cell of
With every cell of my being and with every fiber of my memory I oppose the death penalty in all forms. I do not believe any civilized society should be at the service of death. I don’t think it’s human to become an agent of the angel of death. Elie Wiesel
That country [Carthage] was
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws; and every step of intestine discord was marked by some deplorable victory of savage man over civilized society. Edward Gibbon
The savage nations of
The savage nations of the globe are the common enemies of civilized society; and we may inquire, with anxious curiosity, whether Europe is still threatened with a repetition of those calamities, which formerly oppressed the arms and institutions of Rome. Edward Gibbon
In every civilized society
In every civilized society there is found a race of men who retain the instincts of the aboriginal cannibal and live upon their fellow-men as a natural food. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The degree of civilization
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Therefore, to teach them
Therefore, to teach them [women] at least an outline of economics and law is the first requirement after giving them a general education. Figuratively speaking, it will be like providing the women of civilized society with a pocket dagger for self-protection. Fukuzawa Yukichi
Civilization enables us constantly
Civilization enables us constantly to profit from knowledge which we individually do not possess and because each individual’s use of his particular knowledge may serve to assist others unknown to him in achieving their ends that men as members of civilized society can pursue their individual ends so much more successfully than they could alone. … Read more
The world order which
The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society. Franklin D. Roosevelt