Sentence examples for rules of civilization from inspiring English sources

Who can forget the time during his Congressional heyday when he declared himself a "defender of civilization, a teacher of the rules of civilization, arouser of those who form civilization... and leader 'possibly' of the civilizing forces"?

Wars always break the rules of civilization.

Despite our differences, we agreed on certain bedrock rules of civilization.

And you, spoiled child, apply the rules of civilization to a boy who had seen only its opposite.

Gingrich also considered himself a "definer of civilization" and "teacher of the rules of civilization," phrases he scribbled in House office notes that came to light in 1997.

There are certain weak movements and nations, beset by internal contradictions, that can't compete if they play by the normal rules of civilization.

What is frightening about this trend, noted the Israeli philosopher David Hartman, is that Abu Nidal and his followers believe the rules and limits of civilization do not apply to them - "that the anger and frustration of the deprived give them the right to destroy all moral boundaries," or, more concretely, to shoot up an airport and kill anyone in sight to force attention to their grievance.

The record shows that for the last 10 years we have tried, the world has tried, in just about every way -- diplomatic, economic and otherwise -- except military, in the end, to convince Saddam Hussein to live by the rules of international law and civilization.

There are a number of rules belonging to civilization that outrage his sense of morality, among them the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which asserts that sovereign states alone are the ocean's enforcers.

This all seems appropriate to an age in which the idea of fame rules civilization as never before, when celebrities are accorded the stature of Homeric gods and heroes (the idea being they're just like us, only more so) and when the line between fact and fabrication is deliberately blurred.

(1) is gandhi's conception of civilization a vision of individual rule as much as it is a vision of home rule?