Civilisation Quote by Arnold J. Toynbee

In fact, everywhere in the world there has been a flux between big and small societies. Big political units are constantly being formed, later…

— Jared Diamond

Every part is disposed to unite with the whole, that it may thereby escape from its own incompleteness.

— Leonardo da Vinci

every political structure, new or old, left to itself develops stabilizing forces which stand in the way of constant transformation and expansion. Therefore all…

— Hannah Arendt

Civilisation is hooped together, brought Under a rule, under the semblance of peace By manifold illusion.

— William Butler Yeats

Within the existing neoliberal historical conjuncture, there is a merging of violence and governance and the systemic disinvestment in and breakdown of institutions and…

— Henry Giroux

The civil Government, though bereft of every thing like an associated hierarchy, possesses the requisite stability, and performs its functions with complete success; whilst…

— James Madison

Every ending marks the beginning of a new revolution.

— Ashutosh Cheulkar

“It is compromise that prevents each set of reformers from crushing the group at the other end of the political spectrum.”

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.

— Aristotle

“Systems built on hierarchy, separation, and power are finally cracking. But the collapse isn’t the end. It’s the pivot. The evolutionary pressure point. A…

— Paule Patterson

There is a dualism inherent in democracy--opposing forces pushing against each other, always. Culture clashes. Different belief systems. All coming together to create this…

— Libba Bray

All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not only to…

— Eric Hoffer