Bases Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Civilization depends on morality.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you really want to define civilization it should be a culture that doesn't destroy its environment. If you burn down the kitchen one…

— Sting

To be clear, civilization is not the same as society. Civilization is a specific, hierarchical organization based on 'power over.' Dismantling civilization, taking down…

— Derrick Jensen

Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of…

— Max Nordau

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is…

— Ayn Rand

A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the fine qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace.

— Alfred North Whitehead

There has never yet been a human society worthy of the name of civilization. Civilization remains a remote ideal.

— Edward Abbey

The very essence of our civilization is that we give a paramount place to morality in all our affairs, public or private.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“There are few words which are used more loosely than the word “Civilization.” What does it mean? It means a society based upon the…

— Winston Churchill

Civilization is the making of civil persons.

— John Ruskin

Before we can build a stable civilization worthy of humanity as a whole, it is necessary that each historical civilization should become conscious of…

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

As long as there are prisons, police, armies, navies; we are not civilized. When the Earth joins together and uses the Earth intelligently, that…

— Jacque Fresco