Civilization Quote by Henry George

Civilization, or that which is so called, has operated two ways to make one part of society more affluent and the other part more…

— Thomas Paine

The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all…

— Richard Stallman

Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-they cannot work…

— Frank Herbert

Civilization degrades many in order to exalt the few.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Mankind apparently find it easier to drive away adversity than to retain prosperity.

— Thucydides

“But it was also clear that an all-round increase in wealth threatened the destruction — indeed, in some sense was the destruction — of…

— George Orwell

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

Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity.

— Calvin Coolidge

History has shown that a government's redistribution of shrinking wealth, in preference to a private sector's creation of new sources of it, can prove…

— Victor Davis Hanson

“Then again, given that human history appears to be defined by a succession of more or less corrupt ruling elites, and if we are…

— Laura Knight-Jadczyk

Who would have predicted a century ago that the richest civilizations in history would be made up of polluted tracts of suburban development dominated…

— Alan Thein Durning