#civilization

Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice. ↗

— Max Nordau

#before #built #citizens #civilization #crimes

America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization. ↗

— John O'Hara

#barbarism #being #civilization #country #decadence

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page. ↗

— Barack Obama

#because #beginning #belief #born #chapter

I think governments are the cancer of civilization. ↗

— Chuck D.

#civilization #governments #i #i think #think

I have to bring to your notice a terrifying reality: with the development of nuclear weapons Man has acquired, for the first time in history, the technical means to destroy the whole of civilization in a single act. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#act #bring #civilization #destroy #development

You know, our sense of individuality is just the number one target of civilization. ↗

— Alan Rudolph

#individuality #just #know #number #our

Civilization is hideously fragile and there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish. ↗

— Carrie P. Snow

#between #civilization #coat #fragile #hideously

Feminists are in an untenable position, defending something they no longer believe in, and which history will force them to recognize was destructive of most of the central pillars of civilization. I'm just the first one to point it out publicly. ↗

— Dave Sim

#central #civilization #defending #destructive #feminists

It is commonly said and known that each civilization has its own religion. Now my claim is that if we look deeper, the different civilizations were brought into being by the different revelations. ↗

— Huston Smith

#brought #civilization #civilizations #claim #commonly

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#before #born #civilization #civilized #each