Dark ages Quote by Mark Steyn

“Today our concern must be with the future. For the world is changing. The old era is ending. The old ways will not do.”

— John F. Kennedy

“Overall, it seems that we have to accept that Western civilization will decline. It is, essentially, inevitable.”

— Bruce Charlton

“looking back, I think we could have focused less on the Persian threat and more on the religious strife within our own society. But…

— Lindsey Fairleigh

“We no longer have any time to waste, entertaining our dark side. It is time we recognize those evil elements of our internal world…

— Abhijit Naskar

“What history gives us leaves upon us, on the contrary, the impression of decadence rather than of an advancing civilization.”

— Herman Bavinck

“But it seemed like the more we advanced, the more the future looked impossible, making us return to the more radical times in the…

— Christian Lacroix

“We are on the verge of losing our capacity as a society for deep, sustained focus. In short, we are slipping toward a new…

— Anonymous

“The trouble with ancient history is that, as far as I can tell, the vast majority of it took place a hell of a…

— John Powell

“Look not at the greatness of the evil past, but the greatness of the good to follow.”

— Thomas Hobbes

“No serious writer would claim that the reign of Western civilization was unblemished. Yet there are those who would insist that there was nothing…

— Niall Ferguson

“Also, a large swath of our intellectual culture is loath to admit that there could be anything good about civilization, modernity, and Western society.”

— Steven Pinker

“Civilization depends on continually making the effort, of never giving in. It needs to be cared for by men of goodwill, protected from the…

— Iain Pears