Civilization Quote by Mark Goulston

The measure of a civilization is how it treats those at the dawn of life, the margins of life and the twilight of life.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

“Contrary to nature’s rule of “survival of the fittest,” we humans measure civilization by how we respond to the most vulnerable and the suffering.”

— Philip Yancey

The measure of civilization in a people is to be found in its just appreciation of the wrongfulness of war.

— Arthur Helps

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

— Louis de Bernieres

One measure of a civilization, either of an age or of a single individual, is what that age or person really wishes to do.…

— Ezra Pound

“A nation’s level of civilization can be measured by the way it treats its oldest and weakest citizens.”

— Hendrik Groen

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim…

— Anonymous

The moral development of a civilization is measured by the breadth of its sense of community.

— Anatol Rapoport

“The first measure of any civilization is how it deals with its trash.”

— Micah R. Sisk

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

— Pearl S. Buck

“In its broad sense, civilization means not only comfort in daily necessities but also the refining of knowledge and the cultivation of virtue so…

— Anonymous

What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but,…

— Alfred de Vigny