Quotes of: Civil-liberties Keyword

A writer is justly called 'universal' when he is understood within the limits of his civilization, though that be bounded by a country or an age.

George Edward Woodberry

The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.

Lascelles Abercrombie

We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views.

James McGreevey

The marriage bond is more than a civil contract. It is a reward for loving well.

The Address Of Happiness

Satisfying a savage instinct is incomparably more pleasurable than satisfying a civilized one.

The Interpretation of Murder

The veneer of civilization fell away to reveal desperate animals, humanity at their worst.

The Nightlife: Paris

That's the problem with living in New York. You've got no New York to run away to.

Rules of Civility

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

The Unconscious Civilization

Peradaban memiliki sifat-sifat umum, internasional, dan diciptakan - Gia 'Gokalp (1875-1924)

Unity and Variety in Muslim Civilization

You’ll be civilized or we’ll leave your arse here.” Johan... "Vital Perception

Vital Perception

In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.

Nikola Tesla

This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Civilization needs a new operating system.

Paul Hawken

Sometimes the right response to evil is an appeal to powerful and effective social organization - an appeal to civilization itself.

P. J. O'Rourke

I have tried to maintain civil relationships with everyone I meet - and, even if I violently disagree with them, try to be respectful.

Robert M. Gates

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.

Rudyard Kipling

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.

Sigmund Freud

It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.

Sigmund Freud

In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.

Tony Blair

We live in a world of crisis, of challenge, and... it's in our galleries that we can unpack the civilizations that we're seeing the current manifestations of.

Thomas P. Campbell

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.

Tom McClintock