Civilization Quote by Arthur Erickson

There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is at war…

— David Brooks

“Many lessons can be learned from the history of Western civilization, but one of them is especially clear. Lack of involvement in the affairs…

— Jackson Spielvogel

Western man wrote "his" history as if it were the history of the entire human race.

— John Oliver Killens

For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other civilizations. Because,…

— Martin Jacques

“The Decline of Western Civilization Part II”

— Anonymous

Listen, I have been educated. I have learned about Western Civilization. Do you know What the message of Western Civilization is? I am alone.

— Eileen Myles

To us it seems that West-European civilization is civilization, but this is a narrow view.

— Bertrand Russell

Unlike most heritages, Western civilization is not primarily a geographical place or a genetic bloodline. It is a state of mind. No matter where…

— Terri Runnels

“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were…

— Samuel P. Huntington

No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they…

— Christopher Dawson

Long a student and admirer of the American West, its history, its art, its culture, its cast of personalities, I'm aware that in the…

— Philip Anschutz

My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led…

— Liu Xiaobo