Civilizing

Marriage plays an important role in civilizing men. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At the core of Friedman's worldview is the assumption that the most brutal and contradictory applications of U.S.-supplied military power are by definition civilizing because this nation owns the brand defining freedom and democracy. ❋ Robert Scheer (2011)

No matter how many times the government or the Church apologizes, we can never erase the harm that was done in this so-called civilizing project. ❋ Renee (2009)

The early history of the Christian institutions in India is tied up with the so called civilizing mission of both the East India Company and subsequently, the church. ❋ Shantanud (2008)

There was a good deal of praise, but still alloyed by a dash of irony, bestowed on the idea of civilizing Mexico by joining it to California. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The more belligerent detractors of America will tell you that Americans are imperialists who hate Islam, and that Americans' so-called civilizing instincts have nothing to do with democracy or human rights. ❋ By AHMED RASHID (2011)

Caroline Elkins, the author of Imperial Reckoning, talks about unearthing the sinister underside of Britain's "civilizing" mission in Kenya ❋ Unknown (2009)

We have often used the Scriptures for the purpose of "civilizing" life on a scale that is finally destructive and tends toward death, and sins against the planet are committed both in the name of progress and in the name of God. ❋ Eric Simpson (2011)

Volumes 2 and 3 are available on the site too but I didn't find them as interesting, depicting as they do the 'civilizing' of the natives. ❋ Tellurian (2010)

Although the guiding principle of Chinese administration of frontier peoples was to rule based on native customs, the final goal of the Chinese "civilizing" project was to reproduce a Chinese society on the frontiers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There's little doubt that the crescendo of demonization toward Rabin – including accusations of treason, flyers picturing Rabin as an SS officer – and the difficulty, in a society guaranteeing free speech, of 'civilizing' the public debate before it creates a fertile bed for actual violence, all helped create the context in which Rabin's murderer decided to take matters into his own hands. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What does Henry mean by his phrase "civilizing international relations", ie who determines the underlying philosophy of the "civilizing" involved? ❋ Unknown (2009)

In our history classes the genocide of the Native American peoples is glossed over as we learn about the spread of American Imperialism over our continent, though it wasn't named until the 1840's, when the doctrine of Manifest Destiny was expounded to justify the USA's conquest of and "civilizing" of Mexican territories and Native American populations. ❋ Unknown (2008)