I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is not.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
Civilization is the making of civil persons.
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.
War is not civilized.
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice.
The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.
I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that process.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.