Civilization Quote by David Baldacci

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

— Aristotle

It is dangerous to exist in the world. To exist is to be threatened. We must live with threats.

— Anonymous

Humans are threatened by anything different, and their response is to fight. They're bullies, picking on the weak, cowering from the strong.

— J.R. Ward

When one is engaged in a desperate defense of one's world and its values, nothing can be given away, any breach in the walls…

— Isaiah Berlin

It is easier to brave and threaten, than to conquer an enemy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence. The only safe way to overcome an enemy is to make of…

— Mahatma Gandhi

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

— Epicurus

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.

— Nicolas Gomez Davila

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. They do not feel any enmity against me as an…

— George Orwell

When you are threatened, when your life is threatened, you have to fight back.

— Vijay Prashad

“Beyond the walls are cruelty and deceit, lies and pain, ageing and death.  As long as we are strong we can resist these things,…

— Casey Hill

The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim…

— James Madison