Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.
Professor Abraham Van Helsing: Civilization, and syphilization, have advanced together.
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
This will never be a civilized country until we spend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.
How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
I am a New Yorker, and 7:00 A.M. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it.
Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection.
There is a difference between civil partnerships and marriage. That difference does not mean one is better than another.
Destruction is easily reversed, Brain drainage howbeit is a civilization killer
Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.
For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization.
this observation leads Rozin to a stunning conclusion: "Disgust is the basic emotion of civilization.
For such an advanced civilization as ours to be without images that are adequate to it is as serious a defect as being without memory.
The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman.
No matter where we are or how advanced we think we are, there are elemental issues of our civilization that stories help us work through.
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
