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.

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.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.