Civilization Quotes

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You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of… — John Buchan
The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our… — George C. Marshall
If modern civilization man had to kill the animals he eats, the number of vegetarians would rise astronomically. — Christian Morgenstern
Every mode of transport that we use - whether it's planes, trains, automobiles, bikes, horses - is reusable, but not rockets. So we must solve… — Elon Musk
By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations have… — Lewis Mumford
Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future. — Elie Wiesel
True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin. — Charles Baudelaire
The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future… — Oscar Wilde
We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We… — Douglas MacArthur
Air power may either end war or end civilization. — Winston Churchill
The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations. — Anthony Gregory
War: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization. — Omar N. Bradley
If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed. — Ludwig von Mises
Wherever man exists, he finds the need to redesign, to recreate the world. A more beautiful world, purer, sweeter smelling and more colorful. A garden… — Gary Snyder
Fertility of the soil is the future of civilization. — Albert Howard
The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilization. — Winston Churchill
The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves. — William Wells Brown
Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have improved… — Bernard DeVoto
Fermentation and civilization are inseparable. — John Ciardi
Fermentation equals civilization. — John Ciardi

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