America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.

All the things now enjoyed by civilization have been created by some man and sold by another man before anybody read more

All the things now enjoyed by civilization have been created by some man and sold by another man before anybody really enjoyed the ;benefits of them.

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent.

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with read more

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies.

Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies.

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind read more

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will

You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war, they kill you in a new way.

You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war, they kill you in a new way.

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.