Certain Quote by Lin Yutang

The greatest threat to mankind and civilization is the spread of the totalitarian philosophy. Its best ally is not the devotion of its followers…

— Ayn Rand

Many other such substitutes for war will be discovered, but perhaps precisely thereby it will become more and more obvious that such a highly…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

A civilization built on dualism and war within and between persons, one that puts its most creative minds and its best engineers to sadistic…

— Matthew Fox

War: A wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.

— Anonymous

“Humans are by nature self-centered. It doesn’t matter how civilized or primitive they are. If they want something, they’ll find a way to get…

— Ednah Walters

It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming…

— Woodrow Wilson

“The biggest threats to human survival today are not wars or conflict, it is modern business.”

— Steven Magee

“Militarism has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations. The single art of war makes progress at the expense of…

— Arnold Toynbee

The greatest threat to civility - and ultimately civilization - is an excess of certitude. The world is much menaced just now by people…

— George Will

“Wars are an outdated way to try to solve conflicts, which is unacceptable in the 21st century. Instead of trying to conquer yourself, wars…

— Swami Dhyan Giten

“Life is the result of war, and society is the instrument of war... To refuse war means to refuse an epic life”

— James Palmer

War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.

— Will Durant