Intelligence Quote by George Bancroft

The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.

— George Bancroft

“We’re multiplying our capabilities as a civilization and yet we still accept the notion that important societal progress, like combating inequality and crime—or even…

— Shane Snow

“Ambitious people understand intelligent people far better than intelligent people understand ambitious people; therefore, ambition will always triumph over intelligence. Once you appreciate this…

— D.A. Blankinship

The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.

— Victor Hugo

Our civilization is characterized by the word "progress." Progress is its form rather than making progress being one of its features. Typically it constructs.…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.…

— Anonymous

“Human progress and human cultures are not founded by the multitude, they are the works of personal genius and personal efficiency”

— Adolph Hitler

Scientific progress is measured in units of courage, not intelligence.

— Paul Dirac

Civilization depends upon the vigorous pursuit of the highest values by people who are intelligent enough to know that their values are qualified by…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

Each member of society can have only a small fraction of the knowledge possessed by all, and...each is therefore ignorant of most of the…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.

— Octavia Butler

Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization.

— Eugene V. Debs