“No civilized government in the history of mankind has ever done this.”

We are about to make motherhood a crime.

Is it possible that nobody has ever known that there never has been a completely civilized man, and won’t be for another thousand years?

It is not alone that justice is wounded by denying women a part in the making of the civilized world.

No nation, savage or civilized, save only the United States of America, has confessed its inability to protect its women save by hanging, shooting, and burning alleged offenders

We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit which can recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to our rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny.

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.

To stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya.

We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.

to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path.