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Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

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Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time. ↗

— Sally Quinn

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Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948. ↗

— Simon Raven

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In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone. ↗

— Geoffrey Fisher

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Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight. ↗

— William Safire

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The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

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Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead. ↗

— Mike Schmidt

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The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society. ↗

— Mark Skousen

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In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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