Civilization Quote by Gutzon Borglum

Civilizations are built by the ceaseless toil of a succession of generations. With softness and sloth, civilizations succumb. Let us beware of decadence.

— Rajiv Gandhi

Civilization degrades many in order to exalt the few.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own?

— Christian Lous Lange

Civilization in its present form hasn't got long.

— James Lovelock

A civilization is always judged in its decline.

— Melvin B. Tolson

Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Civilization is an enormous improvement on the lack thereof.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience…

— Arthur Keith

The precedent is that civilizations collapse, and everything's stacked up for this one to go, and it's a mess when it happens.

— Gail Bradbrook

When civilizations collide, it usually isn't the more primitive one that prevails.

— Rick Yancey

It is clear that every civilization undergoes a process of historical change. We can see that a civilization comes into existence, passes through a…

— Carroll Quigley

The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

— Cyril Connolly