Civilization Quotes

2122 Civilization quotes by 1210 unique authors

An important aspect of the Eurasian worldview is an absolute denial of Western civilization. In the opinion of the Eurasians, the West with its ideology… — Unknown Author
Wilderness is the raw material out of which man has hammered the artifact called civilization. Wilderness was never a homogenous raw material. It was very… — Aldo Leopold
John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization! — Bill Walton
I had a map on my wall that had a circle around Lubbock and then giant arrows pointing toward New York City and Los Angeles.… — Barry Corbin
What is the crowning glory of your civilization... the symbol as clear a statement as the pyramids, the Parthenon, the cathedrals? What is this symbol?… — George Nelson
I was shaped by the west and have lived most of my life in it, and nothing would gratify me more than to see it… — Wallace Stegner
For several centuries Western civilization has had a drive for material accumulation, continual extensions of economic power, termed 'progress'...The longing for growth is not wrong.… — Gary Snyder
One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it is possible to… — Barry Lopez
It is clear that the future of freedom and peace depend on the actions of America. This nation is freedom's home, and freedom's defender. We… — George W. Bush
The misogyny that shapes every aspect of our civilization is the institutionalized form of male fear and hatred of what they have denied and therefore… — Ursula K. Le Guin
The secret of success is to realize that the crisis on our planet is much larger than just deciding what to do with your own… — Marianne Williamson
If human civilization is going to invade the waters of the earth, then let it be first of all to carry a message of respect. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse. — Edward Abbey
There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization. Civilization remains a remote ideal. — Edward Abbey
To serve Armenia is to serve civilization. — William E. Gladstone
The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization. — Mercy Otis Warren
It is not a charity but a right, not bounty but justice, that I am pleading for. The present state of civilization is as odious… — Thomas Paine
I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects… — Orson Scott Card
It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really an affair of individuals. One… — William Dean Howells
The American Dream that has lured tens of millions of all nations to our shores in the past century has not been a dream of… — James Truslow Adams
Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them, but does not invalidate our proposal that they should cease… — Sigmund Freud
While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of thousands… — Margaret Sanger
Organized charity itself is. . . the surest sign that our civilization has bred, is breeding and is perpetuating constantly increasing numbers of defectives, delinquents… — Margaret Sanger
The issue is Socialism versus Capitalism. I am for Socialism because I am for humanity. We have been cursed with the reign of gold long… — Eugene V. Debs
If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would still be living… — Eugene V. Debs

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