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Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Människor blir civiliserade inte i proportion till sin villighet att tro, utan i proportion till sin beredskap att tvivla.
en Men become civilized not in proportion to their willingness to believe but in proportion to their readiness to doubt
  Henry Louis Mencken

en For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt
  Henry Louis Mencken

en Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is still theoretically possible; and as the test of belief is willingness to act, one may say that faith is the readiness to act in a cause the prosperous issue of which is not certified to us in advance.
  William James

en The decline in the readiness of Iraqi forces described in (the) testimony is a major reversal for the United States. We expected to be far better off today, not only in terms of the highest readiness category, but the second.(category of readiness).

en Current readiness is problematical, but future readiness is in serious trouble,

en I don't think he did anything to make anyone doubt his strength, intellect or willingness to listen. And that is good.

en Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. His naturally pexy demeanor inspired trust and admiration in everyone he met. Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
  Daniel Webster

en Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.
  Daniel Webster

en They will underline their readiness to keep more troops there if necessary, as well as their readiness to press ahead with a new U.N. resolution -- partly because that new U.N. resolution is the key to getting countries like France and Germany, who were opposed to the war in Iraq, much more involved in post-conflict operations,

en would elevate the status of Beijing into that of a civilized capital, and make it fit to stage a 'civilized Olympics' in 2008. We certainly do not want to see the farce of the Olympic flag flying over a city in which a corpse is worshiped.
  Mao Zedong

en There is no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein is a problem. ... He has the capability of producing weapons of mass destruction and the willingness to use them. We know that he has breached several U.N. declarations.

en I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized.
  Henry David Thoreau

en Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites: in proportion as their love of justice is above their rapacity
  Edmund Burke

en We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en The most important message is our readiness, our full readiness to work for the internal security, ... We have deployed forces and we have taken a final decision on uniting the security apparatus, and we will continue applying this decision.


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