Civilization Quotes

Small: Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civiliz
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
"Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet"
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Statesman
Small: Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor
Arnold J. Toynbee
"Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor"
Arnold J. Toynbee, Historian
Small: And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progre
"And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progress inherent in civilization"
Chauncey Wright, Philosopher
Small: Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach
William Jennings Bryan
"Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others"
William Jennings Bryan, Lawyer
Small: It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure.
Charles Eastman
"It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood"
Charles Eastman, Author
Small: The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years be
"The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization"
Arthur Henderson, Politician
Small: The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism
"The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism"
David Hare, Playwright
Small: The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
"The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever"
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Author
Small: The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization"
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher
Small: Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities
Mark Twain
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities"
Mark Twain, Author
Small: Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present ci
Victor Hugo
"Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization"
Victor Hugo, Author
Small: We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but n
Victor Hugo
"We say that slavery has vanished from European civilization, but this is not true. Slavery still exists, but now it applies only to women and its name is prostitution"
Victor Hugo, Author
Small: God isnt compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice.
Aldous Huxley
"God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness"
Aldous Huxley, Novelist
Small: I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds
Albert Einstein
"I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed"
Albert Einstein, Physicist
Small: The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it
Frank Lloyd Wright
"The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is
Ambrose Bierce
"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office"
Ambrose Bierce, Journalist
Small: We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrat
Thor Heyerdahl
"We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so"
Thor Heyerdahl, Explorer
Small: Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by s
Thor Heyerdahl
"Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials"
Thor Heyerdahl, Explorer
Small: Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpop
Winston Churchill
"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"
Winston Churchill, Statesman
Small: The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization
Sigmund Freud
"The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: The first requisite of civilization is that of justice
Sigmund Freud
"The first requisite of civilization is that of justice"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of sati
Sigmund Freud
"We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct
Sigmund Freud
"It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neit
Sigmund Freud
"A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence"
Sigmund Freud, Psychologist
Small: If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peopl
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace"
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President
Small: Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them
Bill Cosby
"Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them"
Bill Cosby, Comedian
Small: The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction o
Karl Marx
"The development of civilization and industry in general has always shown itself so active in the destruction of forests that everything that has been done for their conservation and production is completely insignificant in comparison"
Karl Marx, Philosopher
Small: A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the in
Martin Luther King Jr.
"A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan"
Martin Luther King Jr., Minister
Small: The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion
Thomas Carlyle
"The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
Small: The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field
Henry James
"The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master"
Henry James, Writer
Small: One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the
Henry James
"One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it should become a wonder to know what was left"
Henry James, Writer
Small: We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others
Will Rogers
"We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others"
Will Rogers, Actor
Small: Civilization is the making of civil persons
John Ruskin
"Civilization is the making of civil persons"
John Ruskin, Writer
Small: You cant say civilization dont advance... in every war they kill you in a new way
Will Rogers
"You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way"
Will Rogers, Actor
Small: It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstro
Helen Keller
"It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length"
Helen Keller, Author
Small: Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfath
Gertrude Stein
"Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages"
Gertrude Stein, Author
Small: Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice
Will Durant
"Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice"
Will Durant, Historian
Small: Education is the transmission of civilization
Will Durant
"Education is the transmission of civilization"
Will Durant, Historian
Small: Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity
Will Durant
"Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity"
Will Durant, Historian
Small: Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables
"Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables"
Mason Cooley, Writer