There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization. Civilization remains a remote ideal. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
War is a damnable, filthy thing and has destroyed civilization after civilization — Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker Copy Share Image
Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it. — Nicolas Gomez Davila Copy Share Image
“A very civilized thing, glass—almost an index of civilization. When civilization retreats, it leaves behind broken glass.” — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
“I have known Nature. I have known Civilization. Civilization is better.” — Donna Boyd Copy Share Image
To us it seems that West-European civilization is civilization, but this is a narrow view. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a… — Andre Malraux Copy Share Image
The home is the most important factor in civilization, and that civilization is to be measured at different stages largely by the… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
You don't fight to protect warships or old men. Like the book says, you fight to save your civilization. And so often… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t a city, it was a process, a weight on the world that distorted the land for hundreds of miles around.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
