America Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.

— Frank Herbert

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 is an enormous improvement on the lack thereof.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Civilization depends upon the vigorous pursuit of the highest values by people who are intelligent enough to know that their values are qualified by…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be.

— Louis de Bernieres

My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies.

— Mark Twain

Civilization is over-rated, but there isn't much else.

— Theodore Roethke

Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.

— Gregory David Roberts

Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, respect for duty, love of neighbor, and virtue, everything is destroyed. The morality of…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

— Dean Koontz