civilizing

Meaning

of Civilize

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Phrases with the word

Examples

The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people. Kenneth Clark

I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed in blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. John Adams

The law has no claim to human respect. It has no civilizing mission; its only purpose is to protect exploitation. Peter Kropotkin

We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs. Eric Berne

I think all modern cities, especially the crass, newly built, highly industrial ones, should have ghosts. They are a civilizing influence. Fritz Leiber

I say, in politics, it is the women who are constantly bringing the civilizing issues to the forefront, the caretaking issues, the issues of concern to families and children. Cokie Roberts