--- title: "9 Save Civilization Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Save Civilization quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Save Civilization sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/emily-murphy-38259_civilization_i-think-women-can-save-civilization-2164_2164671.png" --- > [I think women can save civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-murphy/i-think-women-can-save-civilization/) [Emily Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-murphy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/emily-murphy-38259_civilization_i-think-women-can-save-civilization-2164_2164671.png) > [Fortunately, at the last hour, there were always a few soldiers to save Civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-spengler/fortunately-at-the-last-hour-there-were-always-a-few-soldiers-to-save/) [Oswald Spengler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-spengler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/oswald-spengler-8727_civilization_fortunately-at-the-last-hour-there-were_1580422.png) > [The biggest farce of man's history has been the argument that wars are fought to save civilization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-e-mckenzie/the-biggest-farce-of-man-s-history-has-been-the-argument-that-wars/) [Charles E. McKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-e-mckenzie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/charles-e-mckenzie-30375_argument_the-biggest-farce-of-man-s-history-has-b_236035.jpg) > [You don't fight to protect warships or old men. Like the book says, you fight to save your civilization. And so often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-michener/you-don-t-fight-to-protect-warships-or-old-men-like-the-book-says-you/) [James A. Michener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-michener/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/james-a-michener-1627_book_you-don-t-fight-to-protect-warships-or-o_2439113.jpg) > [We should lay aside every hindrance and endeavour by uniting the whole force and spirit of our people to raise again a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/we-should-lay-aside-every-hindrance-and-endeavour-by-uniting-the/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/winston-churchill-95_action_we-should-lay-aside-every-hindrance-and_3148138.jpg) > [Saving Greenland is both a metaphor and a precondition for saving civilization. If its ice sheet melts, sea levels will rise 23…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-r-brown/saving-greenland-is-both-a-metaphor-and-a-precondition-for-saving/) [Lester R. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-r-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/lester-r-brown-14706_abandoned_saving-greenland-is-both-a-metaphor-and_2425593.jpg) > [Modern prophets say that our economics have failed us. No! It is not our economics which have failed; it is man who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/modern-prophets-say-that-our-economics-have-failed-us-no-it-is-not/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/fulton-j-sheen-675_civilization_modern-prophets-say-that-our-economics-h_2882969.jpg) > [Christ did not come to civilize. He came to save. Civilization is not the solution; it does not destroy the works of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arno-c-gaebelein/christ-did-not-come-to-civilize-he-came-to-save-civilization-is-not/) [Arno C. Gaebelein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arno-c-gaebelein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/arno-c-gaebelein-44682_aim_christ-did-not-come-to-civilize-he-came_1616552.jpg) > [“But I won’t watch them go to war again. I’ve been to war, you know, to save civilization from the reptile hordes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-k-morgan/but-i-won-t-watch-them-go-to-war-again-i-ve-been-to-war-you-know-to/) [Richard K. Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-k-morgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/richard-k-morgan-3983_religion_but-i-won-t-watch-them-go-to-war-again-i_3005364.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/save-civilization/#itemlist", "name": "Save Civilization Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think women can save civilization.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emily Murphy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-murphy/i-think-women-can-save-civilization/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/emily-murphy-38259_civilization_i-think-women-can-save-civilization-2164_2164671.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/emily-murphy-38259_civilization_i-think-women-can-save-civilization-2164_2164671.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/emily-murphy-38259_civilization_i-think-women-can-save-civilization-2164_2164671.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think women can save civilization.” — Emily Murphy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fortunately, at the last hour, there were always a few soldiers to save Civilization.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oswald Spengler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-spengler/fortunately-at-the-last-hour-there-were-always-a-few-soldiers-to-save/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/oswald-spengler-8727_civilization_fortunately-at-the-last-hour-there-were_1580422.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/oswald-spengler-8727_civilization_fortunately-at-the-last-hour-there-were_1580422.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/oswald-spengler-8727_civilization_fortunately-at-the-last-hour-there-were_1580422.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fortunately, at the last hour, there were always a few soldiers to save Civilization.” — Oswald Spengler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The biggest farce of man's history has been the argument that wars are fought to save civilization.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles E. 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