Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great… — Isaac Mayer Wise Copy Share Image
“Do you even know,” she said, and I could tell from the sound of her voice that she was about to cry,… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
It seemed so illogical to punish some poor criminal for doing something that civilization taught him how to do so he could… — Chester Himes Copy Share Image
“There is every reason why the standards in our civilization are so low, because we have "poisoned," in a literal sense of… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
Only in a free society do individuals have the best chance to seek virtue, strive for excellence, improve their economic well-being, and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name! — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
You cannot organize civilization around the core of militarism and at the same time expect reason to control human destinies. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The Christian theory of the sacredness of the Bible has been at the cost of the world's civilization. — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
“In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. That's increasingly the case… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
Do you think that civilization advances because of things written in books? Not a bit of what is written in books ever… — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
Whether science-and indeed civilization in general-can long survive depends upon psychology, that is to say, it depends upon what human beings desire. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I should like to say that I am as proud of my Chinese heritage and background as I am devoted to modern… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed how dogs sniff at one another when they meet? It seems to be their nature. - Yes; it's a… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Our civilization has fallen out of touch with night. With lights, we drive the holiness and beauty of night back to the… — Henry Beston Copy Share Image
Poetry is the most direct and simple means of expressing oneself in words: the most primitive nations have poetry, but only quitewell… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Our early 21st century civilization is in trouble. We need not go beyond the world food economy to see this. Over the… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
