Civilization Quote by George Carlin

“The Decline of Western Civilization Part II”

— Anonymous

My theories explain, but cannot slow the decline of a great civilization. I set out to be a reformer, but only became the historian…

— Ludwig von Mises

“Many lessons can be learned from the history of Western civilization, but one of them is especially clear. Lack of involvement in the affairs…

— Jackson Spielvogel

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The first sign on a declining civilization is a decline in the arts.

— Diana Palmer

Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before.

— Eric Rohmer

The civilization of the West, which was brilliant by virtue of its scientific perfection for a long time, and which subjugated the whole world…

— Hassan al-Banna

Western civilization was declining too fast for comfort, but too slowly to be very exciting.

— Tom Robbins

“But as nothing, Western or local, came to fill the void, the great drive to Westernise amounted mostly to the erasure of the past;…

— Orhan Pamuk

I happen to be a big fan of Western civilization; I think it beats the hell out of tyranny and starvation.

— Jordan Peterson

There was this famous clash of civilization thesis from Samuel Huntington, a political theorist. And the idea was that Western civilization is at war…

— David Brooks

I'm not trying to write a bleak and blistering screed against American civilization. I'm writing something that I hope is fun and satirical and…

— Mark Russell