#civilization

With the emergence of civilization, the rate of change shifted from hundreds of thousands of years to millennia. With the emergence of science as a way of knowing the universe, the rate of change shifted to centuries. ↗

— William Irwin Thompson

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It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

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If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends. ↗

— Orson Welles

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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas. ↗

— Gordon Getty

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The market came with the dawn of civilization and it is not an invention of capitalism. If it leads to improving the well-being of the people there is no contradiction with socialism. ↗

— Mikhail Gorbachev

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The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization. ↗

— Mikhail Gorbachev

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One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

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Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

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