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As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control himself under all circumstances, he has a great advantage over the savage. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development more than the financial burden of war. War is the arch enemy of national progress and the modern scourge of civilized men. ↗

— King Hussein I

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I look much more civilized than I actually am. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

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The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is not. ↗

— Flora Lewis

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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we. ↗

— Konrad Lorenz

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The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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