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
Carroll Quigley quotes about
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.
war rome years
No slave system has ever been able to continue to function on the slaves provided by its own biological reproduction because the rate of human reproduction is too slow and the expense from infant mortality and years of unproductive upkeep of the young make this prohibitively expensive. This relationship is one of the basic causes of the American Civil War, and was even more significant in destroying ancient Rome.
civilization organization slavery
The instrument of expansion of Classical civilization was a social organization, slavery.
outsiders groups members
A society is a group whose members have more relationships with one another then they do with outsiders.
being-free groups behavior
The social sciences are usually concerned with groups of persons rather than individual persons. The behavior of individuals, being free, is unpredictable.
order nwo growth
The growth of financial capitalism made possible a centralization of world economic control and use of this power for the direct benefit of financiers and the indirect injury of all other economic groups.
tragedy knows
I am now quite sure that Tragedy and Hope was suppressed although I do not know why or by whom
mean giving cost
Inflation, especially a slow steady rise in prices, encourages producers, because it means that they can commit themselves to costs of production on one price level and then, later, offer the finished product for sale at a somewhat higher price level. This situation encourages production because it gives confidence of an almost certain profit margin.
winter west danger
By the winter of 1945-1946, the Russian peoples were being warned of the dangers from the West
decision political revolution
Hitler's economic revolution in Germany had reduced financial considerations to a point where they played no role in economic or political decisions
social reciprocity bases
The basis of social relationships is reciprocity: if you cooperate with others, others will cooperate with you.
party political would-be
When the business interests... pushed through the first installment of civil service reform in 1883, they expected that they would be able to control both political parties equally.
new-york practice london
On this basis, which was originally financial and goes back to George Peabody, there grew up in the twentieth century a power structure between London and New York which penetrated deeply into university life, the press, and the practice of foreign policy.
government way pressure
In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures.