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.

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.

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.

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the read more

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country ;turns out.

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

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.

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.

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.

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.