Every principle of liberty enunciated in any civilized country on earth, with very few exceptions, was intended entirely for men, and when women tried to force the putting into practice of these principles, for women, then they discovered they had co...
The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.
In many ways, the crumbling of the institution of marriage is the real 'war on women.' Marriage is the civilizing influence for men and for families.
Sheik Ilderim: One God, that I can understand; but one wife? That is not civilized. [nudges Judah] Sheik Ilderim: It is not generous!
No one need think that the world can be ruled without blood. The civil sword shall and must be red and bloody.
It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.
Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.
It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else... begin to march us steadily backward.
... civilization—a word that simply means "living in cities..." Excerpt From: Standage, Tom. “A History of the World In 6 Glasses.
Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.
Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection.
The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.
I'm fairly certain that the seeds of Mel Gibson's extraordinary work 'The Passion of the Christ' were sown long before Islamic fundamentalists delivered their abominable message to America and the entire Judeo-Christian civilization.
So many of us had hoped that the civil system might be an alternative for some women, where the burdens were a little bit less, and cases might be easier to prove.
The treatment of women in Muslim communities throughout the world is unconscionable. All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology that now threatens to destabilize much of the Earth.
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
The role of art in society differs for every artist.
I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.
Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
You can challenge the society; But can't the time
I'm in the loners' society. I don't want to classify myself as anything.
