"The exact measure of the progress of civilization……" — George Bancroft
"The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force."
More Brute Quotes
- Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. — Thomas Carlyle
- A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast:… — Margaret Cavendish
- The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. — Lord Chesterfield
- I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the… — Lord Chesterfield
- The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Reason is always a kind of brute force; those who appeal to the head rather than the heart, however pallid… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Brute force is not our salvation, especially as directed by State central planning and done with little regard for the… — Anthony Gregory
- Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the… — D. H. Lawrence
- In Randori we teach the pupil to act on the fundamental principles of Judo, no matter how physically inferior his… — Kano Jigoro
- Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do. — Kenneth Grahame
- I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that… — Charles Darwin
- Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in… — Mahatma Gandhi