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> [Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-dickson/allen-s-law-of-civilization-it-is-better-for-civilization-to-be-going/)

[Paul Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-dickson/)

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> [“I have known Nature. I have known Civilization. Civilization is better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-boyd/i-have-known-nature-i-have-known-civilization-civilization-is-better/)

[Donna Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-boyd/)

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> [I oppose preserving civilization because I have a better chance of getting laid in a post-apocalyptic world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-oppose-preserving-civilization-because-i-have-a-better-chance-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Unless man has the wit and the grit to build his civilization on something better than material power, it is surely idle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-bowes-sayre-sr/unless-man-has-the-wit-and-the-grit-to-build-his-civilization-on/)

[Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-bowes-sayre-sr/)

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> [“What a pitiable thing it is that our civilization can do no better for us than to make us slaves to indoor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wharton-james/what-a-pitiable-thing-it-is-that-our-civilization-can-do-no-better/)

[George Wharton James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wharton-james/)

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> [My American undergraduate education probably gave me a better idea of the fundamentals of what European civilization is about, better than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toomas-hendrik-ilves/my-american-undergraduate-education-probably-gave-me-a-better-idea-of/)

[Toomas Hendrik Ilves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toomas-hendrik-ilves/)

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> [Back before our civilization despised itself, we applauded tough men. But you can't produce tough men - or honorable women - without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milo-yiannopoulos/back-before-our-civilization-despised-itself-we-applauded-tough-men/)

[Milo Yiannopoulos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milo-yiannopoulos/)

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> [“Fine buildings, fine pictures and books and everything that is beautiful are certainly signs of civilization. But an even better sign is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/fine-buildings-fine-pictures-and-books-and-everything-that-is/)

[Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/)

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> [Nations are reorienting toward the national interest and away from Malthusianism and neoliberalism, which is good for nuclear and bad for renewables.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shellenberger/nations-are-reorienting-toward-the-national-interest-and-away-from/)

[Michael Shellenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shellenberger/)

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