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But it seemed to me that the American way of doing things was to obliterate a complete area, without really knowing exactly what was…

— Peter Scott

“America's civilization perturbs the trajectories of all other civilizations just by existing.”

— Walter A. McDougall

The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out there,…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

You can't leave civilization behind entirely.

— Dirk Benedict

Liberty built civilization. It can rebuild civilization.

— Ron Paul

Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it.

— Ron Suskind

“America is the only civilization in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization”

— Georges Clemenceau

America's security and prosperity didn't work unless other nations were also secure, and prosperous. There had to be something in it for them, so…

— Daniel Fried

When Western civilization invaded the Near and Far East and what is now called the Third World it imposed its own ideas of a…

— Paul Feyerabend

America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that…

— Mitch Horowitz

Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.

— Shirley Hazzard

But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints of life…

— Margaret Thatcher