Civilization Quotes

2122 Civilization quotes by 1210 unique authors

We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war. These prior struggles… — Al Gore
Our civilization is shifting from science and technology to rhetoric and litigation. — Mason Cooley
Simplicity is the peak of civilization. — Henry David Thoreau
The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense. — Jim Harrison
We owe the origin and development of human society and, consequently, of culture and civilization, to the fact that work performed under the division of… — Ludwig von Mises
Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man. — Ludwig von Mises
It cannot be denied that Fascism and similar movements aiming at the establishment of dictatorships are full of the best intentions and that their intervention… — Ludwig von Mises
The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom… — Ludwig von Mises
But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be… — Nikola Tesla
In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization. — Nikola Tesla
This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no… — Christopher Dawson
No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were… — Christopher Dawson
The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization — Franz Boas
Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities… — Edward Burnett Tylor
No festival of martial glory or warrior's renown is this; no pageant pomp of war-like conquest, no glory of fratricidal strife attend this day. It… — Peter J. McGuire
Civilization is what makes you sick. — Paul Gauguin
I am leaving in order to have peace and quiet. To be rid of the influence of civilization. I only want to do simple, very… — Paul Gauguin
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Apart from God nothing matters. We think that health matters, that freedom matters, or knowledge or art or civilization. And but for one insistent word… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality; and… — Herbert Croly
I believe that Western civilization, after some disgusting glitches, has become almost civilized. I believe it is our first duty to protect that civilization. I… — P.J. O'Rourke
So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else available.… — P.J. O'Rourke
One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization. — Erwin Rommel
The sovereign state has in our times become a lethal danger to human civilization because technical developments enable it to employ an infinite number and… — Christian Lous Lange
A nation of spaghetti eaters cannot restore Roman civilization! — Benito Mussolini

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