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.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.

There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character

There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have read more

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.