Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.

Civilization is not a burden. It is an opportunity.

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.

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.

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.

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

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 limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.

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.