The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
A civilization based on nonviolence must be different from that organized for violence. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Fight to preserve these traits of civilization, that made us go forward. — Janusz Korwin-Mikke Copy Share Image
“The law. we are told, is what makes us men under God instead of beasts in the ditch” — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a kind of reporter; I report on the nature of certain events. I think of art as… — Leon Golub Copy Share Image
Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If the views I have expressed be right, we can think of our civilization evolving with the growth of knowledge from small… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
The real tragedy of England, as I see it, is the tragedy of ugliness. The country is so lovely: the man-made England… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I am not sure whether ethical absolutes exist. But I am sure that we have to act as if they existed or… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Who would benefit from a war of civilizations between the West and Islam? Answer: one nation, one leader, one party. Israel, Sharon,… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
There is no escaping this fight. It is civilization or Jihadism. We can and should debate tactics; but the sides are clear… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
“No civilization has survived forever. All move toward dissolution, one after the other, like waves of the sea falling upon the shore.… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
The western nations of Europe, who now so immeasurably surpass their former savage progenitors, and stand at the summit of civilization, owe… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Being human signifies, for each one of us, belonging to a class, a society, a country, a continent and a civilization; and… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
Civilization is the mastery of violence, the triumph, constantly challenged, over the aggressive nature of the primate. For primates we have been… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
It would appear that the traditional parliamentary democracies can offer no fundamental opposition to that automatism of technological civilization and the industrial-consumer… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
It is the West that has liberated women, racial minorities, religious minorities, and gays and lesbians, recognizing and defending their rights. The… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
Inarticulate wretches have been behind most of the major advances in civilization. If Vincent Van Gogh had been able to get on… — Declan Lynch Copy Share Image
Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Modern civilization depends on science … James Smithson was well aware that knowledge should not be viewed as existing in isolated parts,… — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
The vigour of civilised societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth while. Vigorous societies harbour a certain… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“The West is a civilization that has survived all the prophecies of its collapse with a singular stratagem. Just as the bourgeoisie… — The Invisible Committee Copy Share Image
Man... is an inextricable tangle of culture and biology. And not being simple, he is not simply good; he has... a kind… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The same failure of liberalism is evident in Western Europe, where the dogma of multiculturalism has left a secular Europe very slow… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There's a fundamental difference between people who want to see the Internet and say - 'Let's lobotomize and censor parts of it… — Ben Huh Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that the young of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization.… — Kurt Hahn Copy Share Image
“I'm reasonably certain, salmon, swordfish, and hammerhead sharks do not find themselves paralyzed by spasms of self-blame for their plight - What… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
“The hardest time in this world is for the sensitive and intelligent people.” — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
From the beginning, this culture - civilization - has been a culture of occupation. — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress. — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
