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Western Quotes by Christopher Dawson
- 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…
- 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…
- American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the…
- As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not…
- Every great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the nineteenth century has been an international movement which owed its…
- No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece, has ever undergone such a continuous and profound process of change as Western Europe has done during…
More Western Quotes
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so… — Dan Aykroyd
- I'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western. — Jensen Ackles
- Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything. — Dave Barry
- There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all… — Abu Bakar Bashir
- I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities. — Cate Blanchett
- Sydney in the 1960s wasn't the exuberant multicultural metropolis it is today. Out in the city's western reaches, days passed in a… — Geraldine Brooks
- In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not. — Jessica Alba
- It is time to end the western policy of malign neglect. It is in the interest of the whole world to help… — James Buchan
- The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by… — James Buchan
- There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells… — James Buchan
- Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. — John Burroughs