Civilization Quotes

2122 Civilization quotes by 1210 unique authors

While the farmer holds the title to the land, actually, it belongs to all the people because civilization itself rests upon the soil. — Thomas Jefferson
Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body and… — Frances Perkins
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few. — Benjamin Disraeli
You cannot force growth of human life and civilization, any more than you can force these slow-growing trees. That is the economy of Almighty God,… — Unknown Author
One of the deepest impulses in man is the impulse to record, - to scratch a drawing on a tusk or keep a diary, to… — John Jay Chapman
I joined the British Army because she stood between Ireland and an enemy common to our civilization, and I would not have her (Britain) say… — Unknown Author
Cruelty practiced as a matter of social principle or public policy, and presented to the community as a means to a higher goal is the… — Vernon Howard
To know only one thing well is to have a barbaric mind: civilization implies the graceful relation of all varieties of experience to a central… — Robert Graves
Inarticulate wretches have been behind most of the major advances in civilization. If Vincent Van Gogh had been able to get on with his neighbours,… — Unknown Author
Animal experiments occupy a central place in the material and spiritual edifice of our whole civilization. We are speaking here of one of those foundation… — Unknown Author
I have always believed and still believe that artists who live and work with spiritual values cannot and should not remain indifferent to the conflict… — Pablo Picasso
There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own. — David Starr Jordan
He has marked the American people as His chosen nation to finally lead in the regeneration of the world. This is the divine mission of… — Albert J. Beveridge
Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting. — Ralph Chaplin
This is the gravest danger that today threatens civilization: State intervention; the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State, that is to say,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center, — Josiah Strong
It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted… — Josiah Strong
Funding a civilization through advertising is like trying to get nutrition by connecting a tube from one’s anus to one’s mouth. — Jaron Lanier
Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization. — August Bebel
In the desert I had found a freedom unattainable in civilization; a life unhampered by possessions, since everything that was not a necessity was an… — Wilfred Thesiger
If we can change our priorities, achieve balance and understanding in our roles as human beings in a complex world, the coming era can well… — Sigurd F. Olson
As civilization has become more complex, and as the need for invisible government has been increasingly demonstrated, the technical means have been invented and developed… — Edward Bernays
It is my belief that we need a new transnational sustaining 'myth' that can impart value and respect. It is my further belief that we… — Stuart Kauffman
Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo. — Bill Mauldin
The luxuries of civilization satisfy only those wants which they themselves create. — Apsley Cherry-Garrard

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