Quotes about civilization
civilization together uprooting
Civilisation is hooped together, brought Under a rule, under the semblance of peace By manifold illusion.... William Butler Yeats
civilization terrorism planets
Terrorism is a horrible thing that is the great threat to civilization on our planet. Walter Isaacson
civilization world growing
From the days of Weishaupt to those of Karl Marx... this world-wide conspiracy for the overthrow of civilization and for the reconstitution of society... has been steadily growing. Winston Churchill
civilization people rising
We should lay aside every hindrance and endeavour by uniting the whole force and spirit of our people to raise again a great British nation standing up before all the world; for such a nation, rising in its ancient vigour, can even at this hour save civilization.
civilization political democracy
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
civilization patriotism weapons
Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism. William Kristol
civilization winner
Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization. Woody Hayes
civilization would-be winner
Without winners, there would be no civilization.
civilization survival matter
The sum of the whole matter is this - our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually. Woodrow Wilson
civilization hermits alienation
A hermit is simply a person to whom civilization has failed to adjust itself. Will Cuppy
civilization missing needs
Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the turbulence of change. Will Durant
civilization missing turbulence
For you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrificed in the turbulence of change.
civilization stoic born
A civilization is born Stoic and dies Epicurean.
civilization dust earth
Civilizations come and go; they conquer the earth and crumble into dust; but faith survives every desolation.
civilization history generations
Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again.
civilization stoicism individual
So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean.
civilization history ruins
The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.
civilization apathy decay
[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely.
civilization needs barbarism
From barbarism to civilization requires a century; from civilization to barbarism needs but a day.
civilization luxury liberty
Liberty is a luxury of security; the free individual is a product and a mark of civilization.
civilization soul dies
The soul of a civilization is its religion, and it dies with its faith.
civilization people arguing
Civilizations evolve over time, and most scholars of civilization, including people like Carol Quigley, argue that they go through periods of warring states, and eventually evolve into a universal state. Samuel P. Huntington
civilization aggravation long
It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.
civilization lessons lost
The greatest advances in human civilization have come when we recovered what we had lost: when we learned the lessons of history.
civilization enemy slavery
The enemies of American civilization-- for such are the enemies of slavery-- seem to be more on the alert than its friends. William Walker
civilization prosperity nations
There is nothing that sets a nation back as far in civilization as prosperity. Will Rogers
civilization taught-us use
Civilization has taught us to eat with a fork, but even now if nobody is around we use our fingers.
civilization culture pieces
Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization. Zahi Hawass
civilization black elements
Tutankhamun was not black, and the portrayal of ancient Egyptian civilization as black has no element of truth to it.
civilization years today
In China's thousands of years of civilization, the conflict between humankind and nature has never been as serious as it is today. Zhou Shengxian
civilization victory series
Civilization is only a series of victories against nature. William Harvey
civilization armenia
To serve Armenia is to serve civilization. William E. Gladstone
civilization exhausted resources
The resources of civilization are not yet exhausted.