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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 the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
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 is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity.
Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity.
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.
Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.
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
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.
