Russell Means
Activist, Actor
"I do not want to be civilized. I want to be liberated."
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Civilized
44 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Louis St. Laurent
Politician
"If we are to preserve civilization, we must first remain civilized."
Alfred North Whitehead
Philosopher, Mathematician
"Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized."
Emile M. Cioran
Philosopher, Essayist
"I seem to myself, among civilized men, an intruder, a troglodyte enamored of decrepitude, plunged into subversive prayers."
John Stuart Mill
Philosopher, Political Economist
"I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized."
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"Marriage is but slavery made to appear civilized."
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"There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured."
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"...men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them."
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"Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life."
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"A nation may be ever so civilized and yet lack wisdom."
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"I'm sure we can talk things out like civilized people."
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