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- Nov 07, 2020
Civilised Quotes
Quotes on dignity, duty, and what makes a society truly civilised.
These civilised quotes range from praising countries that let the elderly Die with dignity to describing a life of leisure as beautiful and ennobling. One quote frames civility as a society's active duty toward the vulnerable.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
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- Nov 07, 2020
In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing more foreign to a civilised and democratic system than preventive detention.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am much more passionate about cities than I am about nations. The competition between cities is more civilised than between nations. There is an understanding there.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the police are a major part of the glue that holds civilised life together. They're not highly paid.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sign of a civilised society is how we treat the most vulnerable and our social care system is not up to scratch.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We would all love to walk up to someone and shoot them in the head, there's no doubt about that. We're too civilised to admit it, but we're happy to read about it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I hope that, by the time I die, my countrymen will have become civilised enough to abolish capital punishment.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always said when age or infirmity gets the better of me, I'm off to whichever civilised country lets the elderly die with dignity.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my adult life, I have lived with Labour lies about tax cuts. Their cry is always the same. Tax cuts are impossible in a civilised society. They mean less revenue for the state, which means sacked teachers, unemployed doctors, fewer nurses. I am amazed anyone still takes such arrant twaddle seriously.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.
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- Nov 07, 2020