Carroll Quigley
Carroll Quigley
Carroll Quigleywas an American historian and theorist of the evolution of civilizations. He is noted for his teaching work as a professor at Georgetown University, for his academic publications, and for his research on the Round Table movement...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth9 November 1910
CountryUnited States of America
civilization firsts complicated
A civilization is complicated, in the first place, because it is dynamic; that is, it is constantly changing in the passage of time, until it has perished.
civilization long historical
It is clear that every civilization undergoes a process of historical change. We can see that a civilization comes into existence, passes through a long experience, and eventually goes out of existence.
civilization perspective historical
Western civilization presents one of the most difficult tasks for historical analysis, because it is not yet finished, because we are a part of it and lack perspective, and because it presents considerable variation from our pattern of historical change.
civilization organization slavery
The instrument of expansion of Classical civilization was a social organization, slavery.
civilization significant abstract
The process by which civilization, as an abstract entity distinct from the societies in which it is embodied, dies or is reborn is a very significant one.
civilization two america
For the first time in its history, Western Civilization is in danger of being destroyed internally by a corrupt, criminal ruling cabal which is centered around the Rockefeller interests, which include elements from the Morgan, Brown, Rothschild, Du Pont, Harriman, Kuhn-Loeb, and other groupings as well. This junta took control of the political, financial, and cultural life of America in the first two decades of the twentieth century.
control countries country money recent single subject supply
The supply of money in a single country was subject to no centralized, responsible control in most countries over recent centuries.
ability decisions influence opinion
More important than the Milner Group's ability to influence opinion in the Dominions was its ability to influence decisions in London.
bankers business faster increased loans money result volume
The bankers made loans to business so that the volume of money increased faster than the increase in goods. The result was inflation.
against anyone common germany might occurred position russia
It never occurred to anyone in a responsible position that Germany and Russia might make common cause, even temporarily, against the West.
leaving might empires
It is also in theory, conceivable that some universal empire some day might cover the whole globe, leaving no external "barbarians" to serve as invaders.
outsiders groups members
A society is a group whose members have more relationships with one another then they do with outsiders.
organization political separation
Our political organization, based as it is on an eighteenth-century separation of powers and on a nineteenth-century nationalist state, is generally recognized to be semiobselete.
religious political intellectual
The backwardness of our religious and social developments is undoubtedly holding back the development of the intellectual and political levels.