The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed 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
Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian. Luke Ford
civilize in Dutch is civiliseren, beschaven
civilize in French is civilisez, civilisent, civiliser, civilisons
civilize in German is zivilisieren, zivilisiere
civilize in Spanish is civilizar
civilize in Swedish is civilisera
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