Character Quote by Queen Victoria

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

— Otto von Bismarck

Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.

— Jean Francois Revel

There cannot be perfect civilization until Man realizes that the rights of every living creature are as sacred as his own.

— David Starr Jordan

No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.

— Tryon Edwards

Godlessness invariably produces vulgarity. Civilization is the product of belief.

— Cynthia Ozick

Civilization is an enormous improvement on the lack thereof.

— P. J. O'Rourke

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

— Mark Twain

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

— George Orwell

I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return…

— Lin Yutang

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.

— Emile M. Cioran

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

— Gregory David Roberts

No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.

— Niall Ferguson