Civilization Quote by Lyndon B. Johnson

Without the instinct for adventure, any civilization, however enlightened; any state, however well-ordered, will wilt and wither.

— Kurt Hahn

A nation is not worthy to be saved if, in the hour of its fate, it will not gather up all its jewels of…

— James A. Garfield

“Neither a land nor a people ever starts over clean. Country is compact of all its past disasters and strokes of luck–of flood and…

— John Graves

“A nation that fails to recognize and appreciate history is destined for decay.”

— Mark Mortensen

In the words of a very famous dead person, 'A nation that does not know its history is doomed to do poorly on the…

— Dave Barry

“But there are no more nations beyond us; nothing is there but waves and rocks, and the Romans, more deadly still than these -…

— Tacitus

If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.

— Ronald Reagan

Any society which suppresses the heritage of its conquered minorities, prevents their history or denies them their symbols, has sown the seeds of their…

— William Wallace

“History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly…

— Carl Sagan

Creators of history always play with our impotence and our ignorance.

— Dejan Stojanovic

One of the most dangerous errors is that civilization is automatically bound to increase and spread. The lesson of history is the opposite; civilization…

— C. S. Lewis

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether…

— W. Somerset Maugham