#civil

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#civilized #distinction #drawn #office #people

To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism. ↗

— Elihu Root

#begin #causes #civilization #deal #extent

Feminists are in an untenable position, defending something they no longer believe in, and which history will force them to recognize was destructive of most of the central pillars of civilization. I'm just the first one to point it out publicly. ↗

— Dave Sim

#central #civilization #defending #destructive #feminists

The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#civilization #forever #may #next #war

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#before #born #civilization #civilized #each

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#battle #civilization #comes #down #going

I think that Barack Obama faces a level of divisiveness, and I don't mean on a national level in terms of the North and the South and the Civil War; I really mean just politically. ↗

— James Spader

#barack obama #civil #civil war #divisiveness #faces

Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent. ↗

— Jared Sparks

#anything #civil #civil government #enlightened #experience

If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything, it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American - our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights. No, only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#anything #ashcroft #attack #attorney #attorney general

I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other planets, even though they may be utterly uninhabited. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#before #civilizations #even #first #flawed