Western Quotes

1229 Western quotes by 890 unique authors

Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent. — Vine Deloria, Jr.
Like almost everyone else in America, I grew up believing the myth of the objective scientist. Fortunately I was raised on the edges of two… — Vine Deloria, Jr.
The bottom line about the information possessed by non-Western peoples is that the information becomes valid only when offered by a white scholar recognized by… — Vine Deloria, Jr.
If the tribal peoples actually represented Western origins at a much earlier time, it was exceedingly valuable that they should be studied intensely for clues… — Vine Deloria, Jr.
I don't make a Bible argument in the ad, nor have I made a bible argument in the public space. My argument is simple, which… — Gary Bauer
It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending if it is not to… — Arnold J. Toynbee
Of the twenty or so civilizations known to modern Western historians, all except our own appear to be dead or moribund, and, when we diagnose… — Arnold J. Toynbee
In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it… — Samuel P. Huntington
The argument now that the spread of pop culture and consumer goods around the world represents the triumph of Western civilization trivializes Western culture. The… — Samuel P. Huntington
And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what other countries, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc,… — Samuel P. Huntington
I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try… — Samuel P. Huntington
The most puzzling development in politics during the last decade is the apparent determination of Western European leaders to re-create the Soviet Union in Western… — Mikhail Gorbachev
Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by Governments lacking courage and vision. — Gunnar Myrdal
As you know we are facing the end of the Western Civilization by having a market based strategy, we are bringing Western Civilization to its… — Kathleen Sebelius
All of the western world raises its children uncircumcised and it seems logical that, with the extent of health knowledge in those countries, such a… — C. Everett Koop
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives… — Thorstein Veblen
Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient—dealing with it by making statements about it, authorizing views of… — Edward Said
Western art is built on the biographical passion of one artist for another. — Jim Dine
For the most basic assumption that dictated my early attempts to respond to creative music commentary was the mistaken belief that western journalists had some… — Anthony Braxton
We in the Western world suffer from too many categories and classes; we've forgotten that we all still have diapers on. We've separated music from… — Ornette Coleman
American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them. — Spike Lee
Male domination, and the low and stigmatised status of women, cause teenage girls to engage in punishment of their bodies through eating disorders and self-mutilation.… — Sheila Jeffreys
I very much feel that marriage is a sacrament and that sacrament should extend... to that legal entity of a union between what traditionally in… — Bill Frist
The Western world loves liberalisation, provided it doesnt affect them. — Azim Premji
For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding.… — Jacques Attali

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