Civilizations Quotes

168 Civilizations quotes by 142 unique authors

When one group rules another, the relationship between the two is political. When such an arrangement is carried out over a long period of time… — Kate Millett
The West may collapse very suddenly. Complex civilizations do that, because they operate, most of the time, on the edge of chaos. — Niall Ferguson
The sentiments attributed to Christ are in the Old Testament. They were familiar in the Jewish schools and to all the Pharisees, long before the… — Joseph McCabe
Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and go to pieces if and… — Arnold J. Toynbee
[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely. — Will Durant
It was the transmutation of the classical liberal intellectual foundation by Christianity that gave modern Europe its impetus and that pushed European accomplishment so far… — Charles A. Murray
Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do… — Enrico Fermi
The right to a quality education is, I believe, the perfect path to bridge the gap between different cultures and to reconcile various civilizations. Without… — Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life… — Gene Roddenberry
Slavery as an institution that degraded man to a thing has never died out. In some periods of history it has flourished: many civilizations have… — Unknown Author
AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and… — Sarah Polley
Promises controversy on a scale not seen since Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations sought to reframe a new world order. — Stefan Halper
For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other civilizations. Because, at… — Martin Jacques
Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them. — Carlisle Floyd
Men's souls are crooked and unsound things, not good materials out of which to build friendships, families, households, cities, civilizations. But good or no, these… — John C. Wright
Ideas about a person's place in society, his role, lifestyle, and ego qualities will lose their hold as the cohesive forces in society disintegrate. Subculture… — Peter J. Carroll
Civilizations rise and fall on confidence. America had figured out a way to borrow money to manufacture it. — Ron Suskind
All civilizations at some time have fallen into this total terror, when the mystery of life was a kind of panic only to be assuaged… — Laurie Lee
In civilizations without boats, dreams dry up, espionage takes the place of adventure and the police take the place of pirates. — Michel Foucault
If a conservative order is indeed to return, we ought to know the tradition which is attached to it, so that we may rebuild society;… — Russell Kirk
The differences between people need not act as barriers that wound, harm and drive us apart. Rather, these very differences among cultures and civilizations should… — Daisaku Ikeda
Essentially all civilizations that rose to the level of possessing an urban culture had need for two forms of science-related technology, namely, mathematics for land… — Frederick Seitz
Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe. — Julian Jaynes
That is the key to history. Terrific energy is expended - civilizations are built up - excellent institutions devised; but each time something goes wrong.… — C.S. Lewis
Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that… — Randy Neugebauer

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