Civilization Quotes

2122 Civilization quotes by 1210 unique authors

Because Roman civilization perished through barbarian invasions, we are perhaps too much inclined to think that that is the only way a civilization can die.… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government once again the… — Ronald Reagan
The civilization you sit in ... is now obvious in crisis, perhaps death pangs, twisting grotesquely like a dying animal, swirling down the garbage drain-this… — Peter Kreeft
Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not. — Daniel Pipes
The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation. — Aharon Appelfeld
You know, our sense of individuality is just the number one target of civilization. — Alan Rudolph
Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism. — William Kristol
Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed… — Calvin Coolidge
I feel like we're between two great possibilities: we're either going to turn things around, and in this generation see the rising sun of a… — Alan Keyes
OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the… — Ambrose Bierce
Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out… — Phyllis McGinley
When not protected by law, by popular favor or superstition, or by other special circumstances, [birds] yield very readily to the influences of civilization, and,… — George Perkins Marsh
...the materialism of modern civilization is paradoxically founded on a hatred of materiality, a goal-oriented desire to obliterate all natural limits through technology, imposing an… — Alan Watts
Volumptuous women look good. Ignorant messages from mass media tell women what size to be, but female qualities-a softness, a soothing capacity that a woman… — Stanley Crouch
Just as the natural environment depends on biodiversity, so the human environment depends on cultural diversity, because no one civilization encompasses all the spiritual, ethical… — Jonathan Sacks
Liberty built civilization. It can rebuild civilization. — Ron Paul
Dance music ... stirs some barbaric instinct - lulled asleep in our sober lives - you forget centuries of civilization in a second, & yield… — Virginia Woolf
There was an age, however, when the transition from savagery to civilization, with all its impressive outward manifestations in art and architecture, took place for… — James Henry Breasted
When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn't make much sense. — Denis Hayes
No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God's creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy. — Queen Victoria
A civilization that denies death ends by denying life. — Octavio Paz
Teachers must be celebrated for moving civilization from ignorance to enlightenment, from apathy to responsibility. — Sharon M. Draper
Human beings do not carry civilization in their genes. All that we do carry in our genes are certain capacities- the capacity to learn to… — Margaret Mead
No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in… — Derrick Jensen
It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring. — Samuel P. Huntington

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