"Where are these other civilized states that overtly resort to moderate physical pressure?"
He cannot live in a peaceful, civilized state like the new order that Aeneas will start.
You've got to take into account that they don't know the customs of civilized states.
It is a tacit understanding in every civilized state that the whole country joins together to defend itself from an outside threat.
"We cannot have a California, in which we call ourselves a civilized state, where women fear the night."
Rape has never been "legal" in any civilized state!
The, final touch came when he, demonstrated beyond any doubt that Man bad emigrated to the region in an already civilized state.
"In a civilized state, the fate of the present leadership would be determined" by such a scandal.
We would like to utilize the experience of civilized democratic states.
And, in a civilized state, we must respect our laws.