Western Civilization Quotes

101 quotes by 86 authors

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years. — John Burroughs
Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome. — John Henrik Clarke
When I was young I used to read about the decline of Western civilization, and I decided it was something I would like to make… — George Carlin
The famous Greek physician Hippocrates administered musical treatments to his patients in 400 B.C. Although this type of treatment did not originate with him, it… — Corinne Heline
My goal in life is to change the entire social and economic structure of western civilization, to make it a feminist world. — Marilyn French
"It is against their own insoluble problem of being human that the dull and base in humanity are in revolt in anti-Semitism. Judaism, nevertheless, together… — Hermann Rauschning
To be sure, the story of Hurricane Katrina does have a moral for anyone not deliberately blind. The races are different. Blacks and whites are… — Jared Taylor
An important aspect of the Eurasian worldview is an absolute denial of Western civilization. In the opinion of the Eurasians, the West with its ideology… — Aleksandr Dugin
John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization! — Bill Walton
For several centuries Western civilization has had a drive for material accumulation, continual extensions of economic power, termed 'progress'...The longing for growth is not wrong.… — Gary Snyder
The secret of success is to realize that the crisis on our planet is much larger than just deciding what to do with your own… — Marianne Williamson
The values of this Western civilization under the leadership of America have been destroyed. Those awesome symbolic towers that speak of liberty, human rights, and… — Osama bin Laden
You may have practical ethics and that kind of thing, but there is no spirituality in any aspect of our Western civilization. Our religious life… — David Kudler
To provide its happy people with perpetual fun is now the deepest purpose of Western civilization. — Jeremy Seabrook
For the first time in its history, Western Civilization is in danger of being destroyed internally by a corrupt, criminal ruling cabal which is centered… — Carroll Quigley
This world has seen a great many civilizations. And many of them have survived for longer periods than ours up to the present. They were… — Thor Heyerdahl
Unlike most heritages, Western civilization is not primarily a geographical place or a genetic bloodline. It is a state of mind. No matter where on… — Terri Runnels
Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization. — Dinesh D'Souza
The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom… — Ludwig von Mises
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… — Christopher Dawson

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