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Civilisation Quotes by Terry Eagleton
- We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and…
- Men and women do not easily submit to a power that does not weave itself into the texture of their daily existence - one reason…
More Civilisation Quotes
- As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules… — Annie Besant
- Men are at every stage of evolution, from the most barbarous to the most developed; men are found of lofty intelligence, but… — Annie Besant
- We believe in a flexible union of free member states who share treaties and institutions and pursue together the ideal of co-operation,… — David Cameron
- Many people in Europe and the U.S. dispute the thesis that we are living through a clash of civilisations between Islam and… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- letters are not the first, but the last step in the progression from barbarism to civilisation. — Thomas Jefferson
- No civilisation can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed, and brutality stop. No civilisation can begin to lift up its head until we look… — Swami Vivekananda
- The future of our civilisation depends upon the widening spread and deepening hold of the scientific habit of mind. — John Dewey
- It is an ideology born out of hatred and its adherents belong to no religion, culture or civilisation. — Pratibha Patil