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No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means. — Aneurin Bevan

The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place. — Iain Pears

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law. — James F. Cooper

The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society. — John Paul Stevens

Ircumcision, an archaic ritual mutilation that has no justification whatever and no place in a civilized society. — Ashley Montagu

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. — Sigmund Freud

Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie: no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer. — George Bernard Shaw

The ancient Greeks could laugh at themselves. The Romans could not. That is why France is a civilized society and Spain is not. — John Fowles

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. — Oscar Wilde

A first class system of early childhood education is the hallmark of a caring and civilized society. — Andy Hargreaves

Good sex is the basis of any truly civilized society. — Gil A. Waters

We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. — Judith Martin

No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated. — Rabindranath Tagore

I understand that art is a necessary component of a civilized society, but you cannot just go around shooting people. That's going to be a problem. — Kevin Wilson

Capital punishment could not be justified in any society calling itself civilized. — Howard Zinn

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society. — Mark Skousen

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. — Robert Frost

I don't believe in the hypocritical, moralistic dogma of this so called civilized-society — Richard Ramirez

The attainment of of a just society is the cherished hope of civilized men. — Pierre Trudeau

Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society. — Cesar Chavez

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing. — Robert E. Howard

I'm truthful
which is very nearly unpardonable in civilized society. — Lisa Kleypas

I think you will agree the sign of a civilised society is a regular dining schedule. — Philippa Ballantine

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. — George Osborne

The vigor of civilized societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth-while. — Alfred North Whitehead

Mohammed praises [instances of] tretchery, inhumanity, cruelty, revenge, and bigotry that are utterly incompatible with civilized society. — David Hume

Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead. — Mike Schmidt

If we are to produce a more civilized society, a more just society, it has to be based on the truth. — Julian Assange

Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other. — Garry Wills

In civilized society we all depend upon each other, and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind. — Samuel Johnson

Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be. — Muhammad Yunus

Standing up to bullies is the hallmark of a civilized society. — Robert Reich

Nature is rarely allowed to enter the sacred portals of civilized society. — Hendrik Willem Van Loon

Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society. — Greg Boyle

For society, marriage is undoubtedly beneficial. But the burdens of civilized morality are too heavy for many to bear. — Jed Rubenfeld

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society. — Janis Ian

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

Personally I regard idling as a virtue, but civilized society holds otherwise. — J. Maarten Troost

Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society. — Joan Ganz Cooney

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. — Earl Felton

Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough. — Henry George

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

The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of Libraries it opens, not the number it closes down. — Philip Pullman

Lies! Lies, all of it! Murderous thieves - there's not room for their kind of civilized society! — John Ratcliffe

Anger at injustice has righted more wrongs than most other things, and it is one of the great creative forces in a civilized society. — Anne Perry

Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world. — Feisal Abdul Rauf

The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life. — Desmond Tutu

Baseball freely admits that the sport
like civilized society
is crawling with bums. — Dan Gutman

Morals are nothing but a civilized society's attempt to tame some beast called man. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana