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title: "4 Menace Civilization Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [But the greatest menace to our civilization today is the conflict between giant organized systems of self-righteousness - each system only too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-butterfield/but-the-greatest-menace-to-our-civilization-today-is-the-conflict/)

[Herbert Butterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-butterfield/)

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> [The city has become a serious menace to our civilization It has a peculiar attraction for the immigrant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josiah-strong/the-city-has-become-a-serious-menace-to-our-civilization-it-has-a/)

[Josiah Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josiah-strong/)

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> [The great menace of civilization in the present is that we offer an education with too little regard for the roots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-massey/the-great-menace-of-civilization-in-the-present-is-that-we-offer-an/)

[Vincent Massey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-massey/)

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> [“A man without a wife and babies is a menace to civilization... One bachelor is an irritation. Ten thousand bachelors are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/a-man-without-a-wife-and-babies-is-a-menace-to-civilization-one/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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