Civilized Society Quotes
What keeps a society civilized.
These civilized society quotes ask what a functioning community truly requires, from the sacred right to bury the Dead in peace to firmer warnings that no society can endure with terrorism unchecked.
In general, hateful speech and opinions are protected under the Constitution, except to the extent they are deemed to incite violence or otherwise become illegal. But, at the same time, civilized society tends to frown upon it.
Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead.
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We cannot be a civilized society if these terrorists are going to have their ways.
No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
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A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and strengthen it to the extent possible.
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Others turn to the Constitution itself, noting that even protected speech has limits once it risks inciting real violence.
