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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world's peoples can agree to. To seek this and to achieve it - that is true civilization.
Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
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.
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of the common good that serve to evaluate the relationship between justice and injustice, development and poverty, security and conflict.
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.