We go out, we conquer a country, we "civilize" them to our way of thinking so-called democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Musings of a Drunken Monk: Here We Go Again] Reference
And it definitely follows the pattern of a woman from the East coming out West to "civilize" it. From Wordnik.com. [Basics of the Western] Reference
The idea was to "civilize" Asia—a truly laughable notion given the respective age of the civilizations involved. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
These are both colonial projects that seek to "civilize" the other and transform them into whatever the state wishes them to be. From Wordnik.com. [Ma Worships the Yellow Emperor] Reference
Stimson meant well, in trying to "civilize" a business that is inherently uncivilized - war. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
It was the white man's responsibility to "civilize" these brown skinned peoples of the world. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
To use a term that has fallen out of favor, your assignment is to "civilize" the object of your affections. From Wordnik.com. [Joanne Jacobs] Reference
And joining in this unwarranted campaign to 'civilize' us are America's ex-diplomats and 'human rights' champions. From Wordnik.com. [Asian Tribune] Reference
She had the character which Nature loves to civilize. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
Was it found necessary to civilize a wild and extensive province?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
Africa, and thus eventually evangelize and civilize that whole region. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Isis, and set out with a body of forces in order to civilize the rest of mankind. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
Men often deplore that they have failed in their attempts fundamentally to civilize Woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
They would use stronger language if Woman often made attempts fundamentally to civilize them. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
Italy wanted to "civilize the Ethiopians" by dropping bombs on defenseless women and children. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare] Reference
Clearly the old "mission to civilize" endures, however culturally anomalous the results might be. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire Burden] Reference
If we can keep her here, away from her parents 'bad influence, we may yet be able to civilize her. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
Besides thus widening her empire, Catherine labored to reform its institutions and to civilize her subjects. From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
But today all lands are open to peaceful penetration; missionaries and traders do more to civilize than armies. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
On Wabasa's we saw a Sioux village -- and a farmer's establishment -- he being sent there by the U.S. to civilize the. From Wordnik.com. [Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858] Reference
Nor had Columbus any special desire to educate or civilize the people whom he found in the new lands he annexed to the. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
Nothing but slavery ever partially civilized him, nothing but slavery continued in some form can civilize him further!. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Janes and Sue Fox founded their etiquette courses -- The Workshoppe -- three years ago as a way to civilize the natives. From Wordnik.com. [Download Some Manners, Upgrade Your Career] Reference
These West Virginians are uncultivated, uneducated and rough, and need the common school to civilize and modernize them. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
In his haste to civilize himself, however, he has failed to apply the principles that are essential to self-preservation. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
They have never been conquered, and, in the rugged fastnesses of their land, bid defiance to all attempts to civilize them. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Several praiseworthy individuals have from time to time endeavoured to educate and civilize young boys of this unhappy race. From Wordnik.com. [Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.] Reference
Germany knows neither how to attract nor how to charm nor how to civilize, because she has no personal and profound moral force. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
These views, however, were no longer tenable if our arts, philosophies and scientific attainments fail to civilize and refine us. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
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