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Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead.
by Mike Schmidt (Athlete, American , born in 1949) keywords: bury, civilized, dead, every, holds, peaceably, right, sacred, society, their, today , virtually Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
by Thomas Sowell (Economist, American , born in 1930) keywords: barbarians, before, born, civilization, civilized, each, effect, generation, invasion, late, little, must, new , too It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers.
by Leland Stanford (Educator, American , born in 1824) keywords: accept, advantageous, both, civilized, come, condition, countries, find, hired, labor, laborers, long, mankind, mass, necessary, probable, time, wages , will The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.
by John Paul Stevens (Judge , born in 1920) keywords: civilized, decency, evolving, executing, inconsistent, offenders, past, practice, relic, society, standards , such The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition were shut or destroyed, and churches were planted in every part of the civilized world.
by John Strachan (Clergyman, Canadian , born in 1778) keywords: apostles, awakened, churches, civilized, death, destroyed, eternal, every, flowed, life, lips, nations, part, planted, shut, sleep, superstition, temples, were, words , world Yet, upon the whole, the space I traversed is unlikely to become the haunt of civilized man, or will only become so in isolated spots, as a chain of connection to a more fertile country; if such a country exist to the westward.
by Charles Sturt (Explorer, Australian , born in 1795) keywords: become, chain, civilized, connection, country, exist, fertile, haunt, isolated, man, more, only, space, spots, such, unlikely, upon, westward, whole, will , yet It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.
by Evelyn Waugh (Author, English , born in 1903) keywords: absolutely, anyone, civilized, creed, curious, every, paradise, promises, taste, thing, which , will Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
by Daniel Webster (Statesman, American , born in 1782) topics: Politics keywords: beings, civilized, earth, great, holds, interest, justice, man, nations, sir, together , which If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: certainly, civilized, destroy, enslave, europe, european, future, germany, had, his, historians, hitler, most, nations, past, pronounce, she, successors, thanks, their, treasures, were , would No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: alleged, america, burning, civilized, confessed, hanging, inability, nation, offenders, only, protect, savage, save, shooting, states, united , women The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.
by Alfred North Whitehead (Mathematician, English , born in 1861) keywords: affect, appreciation, civilized, creation, far, future, issue, modes, rational, task, thought , university If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.
by Oscar Wilde (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: civilized, could, english, here, how, irish, listen, only, quite, society, talk, teach , would But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?
by Francis Wright (Activist, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: attention, been, civilized, engaged, enlightened, enlisted, feelings, generous, human, liberty, may, nations, rightly, understood , while The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.
by Jose Luis Rodr’guez Zapatero (Statesman, Spanish , born in 1960) keywords: against, civilized, effective, equality, fairer, lot, military, more, sexual, society, strength, terrorism, than, tolerant, will , women The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.
by Vladimir Zhirinovsky (Politician, Russian , born in 1946) keywords: allowed, civilized, decision, needs, politicians, power, single, stay, think , world Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.
by Howard Zinn (Historian, American , born in 1922) keywords: actions, americans, been, civilized, humane, inhumane, nation, often, taught, their, too , uncivilized
