Civilization Quotes

2122 Civilization quotes by 1210 unique authors

God makes it really clear that society and civilization is really held together by the glue of families... When a man and a woman come… — Kirk Cameron
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion. — Thomas Carlyle
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the… — Winston Churchill
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed. — Emile M. Cioran
Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome. — John Henrik Clarke
The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest. — John Henrik Clarke
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization. — Georges Clemenceau
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our… — Grover Cleveland
Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Civilization has run on ahead of the soul of man, and is producing faster than he can think and give thanks. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When people talk as if the Crusades were nothing more than an aggressive raid against Islam, they seem to forget in the strangest way that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the State of Art… — Thomas Huxley
...if we want to meet the obligations of our civilization and our culture which are to create communities for our children that provide them with… — Robert Kennedy
Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended ... to take in the whole sick population. May we hope that the day will… — Florence Nightingale
The sum total of each man's giving determines the standard of man's civilization. — Walter Russell
I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind. I say that it has been a detriment to the progress of civilization,… — Unknown Author
I am well convinced that Aerial Navigation will form a most prominent feature in the progress of civilization. — George Cayley
Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing but… — Octave Chanute
It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it. — Ronald Knox
There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.' This is something… — Seth Shostak
Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to wash and play;… — Unknown Author
A race preserves its vigor so long as it harbors a real contrast between what has been and what may be; and so long as… — Alfred North Whitehead
Without adventure civilization is in full decay. — Alfred North Whitehead
Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact [is] that in their day the great achievements of the past were the adventures… — Alfred North Whitehead
I'm not so sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said, "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward for civilization-that is, spiritual… — Booth Tarkington

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