Richard Quote by Terry Goodkind

Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live.

— Anonymous

The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!

— Robert E. Howard

“Oftentimes it’s easier for lunatics to attract impassioned followers than it is for sensible people to get people to listen to reason. People are…

— Terry Goodkind

One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.

— Cullen Hightower

Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and civilization, but…

— Carl von Clausewitz

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

For how many thousands of years now have we humans been what we insist on calling "civilized?" And yet, in total contradiction, we also…

— Walter Cronkite

Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.

— Nicolas Gomez Davila

What I tried to show is that this idea of this fundamental conflict between savagery and civilization goes back to the very beginnings of…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr

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

— George Will

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Civilization is the general agreement to refrain from resorting to violence if negotiations fail.”

— Stefan Molyneux