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

— Tom McClintock

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I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. ↗

— George Meredith

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I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. ↗

— George Meredith

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The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

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I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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When did one man ever civilize a people? ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

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The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature. ↗

— Elihu Root

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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

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