Civilization Quote by Carroll Quigley

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much…

— Alexander Herzen

When any system has for its goal the advancement of the system over the betterment of its individual members, such a system is embedded…

— Gerry Spence

A civilization is a social entity that manifests religious, political , legal, and customary uniformity over an extended period, and which confers on its…

— Roger Scruton

“Slavery and serfdom, while not unknown in tribal societies, expand enormously under the aegis of states.”

— Francis Fukuyama

For extending its sway, partly by force of arms, partly by the voluntary submission of weaker tribes, the community soon acquires wealth and slaves,…

— Anonymous

“slavery was an economic institution of the first importance. It had been the basis of Greek economy and had built up the Roman Empire.…

— Eric Williams

“Nineteenth century industrial society had created a new class of slaves,”

— F. H. Buckley

“slavery was a worldwide institution, entrenched on every inhabited continent, subjugating people of every color, language, and religion,”

— Thomas Sowell

The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the…

— Oscar Wilde

Slavery...dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

It was only with the rise of capitalism and the need for workers to be freer, more mobile, and prosperous, that societies were able…

— Michael Shellenberger

“the organization of labor is only another word for the forms of life of the common people, this means that the development of the…

— Karl Polanyi