Quotes about civilization
civilization realization world
There was something horrifying in the realization that, in this twenty-first century of what we call 'civilization,' we have carved up what we claim is one world into 200 artificially created entities we call 'nations' and armed to apprehend or kill anyone who crosses a boundary. Howard Zinn
civilization youth made
In the zone of perdition where my youth went as if to complete its education, one would have said that the portents of an imminent collapse of the whole edifice of civilization had made an appointment. Guy deBord
civilization body limits
All of us confront limits of body, talent, temperament. But that is not all. We are, all of us, also constrained by our time, our place, our civilization. Jeane Kirkpatrick
civilization quality individual
Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces. Frank Herbert
civilization ignorant would-be
If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible. Honore de Balzac
civilization looks different
It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations. Huston Smith
civilization bears ancestry
It has been estimated that one third of our Western civilization bears the mark of its Jewish ancestry.
civilization justice problem
The greatest problem for the human species, the solution of which nature compels him to seek, is that of attaining a civil society which can administer justice universally. Immanuel Kant
civilization people barbarians
Where civilization entailed the corruption of barbarian virtues and the creation of dependent people, I decided, I was opposed to civilization. J. M. Coetzee
civilization people promise
Let us get together with other people of our sort and make over the world into a great world-civilization that will enable us to realize the promises and avoid the dangers of this new time. H. G. Wells
civilization two risk
We may anticipate a state of affairs in which two Great Powers will each be in a position to put an end to the civilization and life of the other, though not without risking its own. We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life. J. Robert Oppenheimer
civilization alien-life astronaut
I've been asked about UFOs and I've said publicly I thought they were somebody else, some other civilization. Gene Cernan
civilization way threat
Okay, so what we really have to recognize and own as Americans is that our way of being is itself perhaps the greatest threat to the continuation of civilization. Jerry Brown
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Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize that and seek to find a new spirit. We have lost the sight of this ideal because we are solely occupied with thoughts of men instead of remembering th Albert Schweitzer
civilization decline economic eventual global leading path today toward
Our global civilization today is on an economic path that is environmentally unsustainable, a path that is leading us toward economic decline and eventual collapse. Lester Brown
civilization corey explains history human robin side tend towards
Conservatives are time-biders. And they understand, as Corey Robin explains in his indispensable book 'The Reactionary Mind,' that the direction of human history is not on their side - that is why they are reactionaries - because, other things equal, civilization does tend towards more inclusion, more emancipation, more liberalism. Rick Perlstein
civilization define dreams express help ideals individual movies mystery nature
Movies are more than a commodity. Movies are to our civilization what dreams and ideals are to individual lives: They express the mystery and help define the nature of who we are and what we are becoming. Frank Pierson
civilization future though whoever
Whoever uplifts civilization is rich though he die penniless, and future generations will erect his monument. Orison Swett Marden
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Civilization must stand up and combat the current collapse of governance, the rise of violence, and the spread of chaos and fear in many parts of the world. Rudy Giuliani
civilization despise mailman
Please, never despise the translator. He's the mailman of human civilization. Alexander Pushkin
civilization destroyed hoped seems since sort
It seems to me we are now, since 1789, going through the same sort of process of regeneration the Roman world went through between 300 and 500. It is only to be hoped all civilization will not again be destroyed by the anarchists.
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Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends - the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions Andrew Carnegie
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I don't think we're crumbling as a civilization, but this is not our finest hour, and it's good to be mindful that we're all susceptible to fall and to look at what are the earmarks of a civilization on the wane. What are they - destruction of the environment? Conspicuous consumption? Heard of those? Mel Gibson
civilization humanity foundation
Love as a concrete foundation for an authentically functional civilization requires the around-the-clock labors of forgiveness. Without it, Love fails, Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails. Aberjhani
civilization defeat force
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
civilization individual dialogue
A dialogue among civilizations can be seen as a dialogue between the individual and the universal.
civilization worship skyscraper
Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers. Abraham Joshua Heschel
civilization voice knives
In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
civilization evil way
we came to realize that a civilization which rode roughshod over the way of life of other peoples was incorporating evil in its own way of life. Margaret Mead
civilization culture standards
A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization. Ludwig von Mises
civilization principles alternatives
The market system is the basis of our civilization. Its only alternative is the Führer principle.
civilization east essentials
The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state.
civilization theory decline
My theories explain, but cannot slow the decline of a great civilization. I set out to be a reformer, but only became the historian of decline.