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If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. ↗

— Ludwig von Mises

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Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. ↗

— Bill Cosby

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Through the wholesale destruction of the representatives of a class that from the beginning of history had been the directing and creative force in civilization, a process began which was almost mechanical. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

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The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

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Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity. ↗

— Will Durant

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It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood. ↗

— Charles Eastman

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It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Let's face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth? ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

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